Between August 2023 and August 2024, Santander UK customers lost nearly seven million GB pounds in romance scams. Additionally, the losses registered between March and August 2024 were 27 percent higher than in the previous six months.
Experiences of adults in the United Kingdom of receiving unsolicited romantic or flirtatious messages online as of August 2024
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Received unsolicited romantic or flirtatious messages online
50%
Received unsolicited romantic or flirtatious messages online on Facebook and Instagram
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Santander Consumer Bank. (January 31, 2024). Experiences of adults in the United Kingdom of receiving unsolicited romantic or flirtatious messages online as of August 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1546928/uk-flirtatious-messages-encounter/
Santander Consumer Bank. "Experiences of adults in the United Kingdom of receiving unsolicited romantic or flirtatious messages online as of August 2024." Chart. January 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1546928/uk-flirtatious-messages-encounter/
Santander Consumer Bank. (2024). Experiences of adults in the United Kingdom of receiving unsolicited romantic or flirtatious messages online as of August 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1546928/uk-flirtatious-messages-encounter/
Santander Consumer Bank. "Experiences of Adults in The United Kingdom of Receiving Unsolicited Romantic or Flirtatious Messages Online as of August 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1546928/uk-flirtatious-messages-encounter/
Santander Consumer Bank, Experiences of adults in the United Kingdom of receiving unsolicited romantic or flirtatious messages online as of August 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1546928/uk-flirtatious-messages-encounter/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Experiences of adults in the United Kingdom of receiving unsolicited romantic or flirtatious messages online as of August 2024 [Graph], Santander Consumer Bank, January 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1546928/uk-flirtatious-messages-encounter/
