This statistic shows the results of a survey regarding fraudulent e-mail and what people do with them once received. According to this 2010 survey, 11 percent report a questionable e-mail to their ISP/ESP.
What do you do with e-mails you consider to be fraudulent?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Do not open it
60%
Delete it without marking it as spam/junk
41%
Move to a 'junk mail' folder
34%
Hit the 'This is Spam' button
32%
Report it to the legitimate company/institution
21%
Run my anti-virus software
18%
Read it without opening any attachment/clicking on any link
13%
Use the 'Unsubscribe' link
12%
Report it to my ISP/ESP
11%
Report it to a third party spam/e-mail-abuse reporting service/gov't agency
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Ipsos. (March 31, 2010). What do you do with e-mails you consider to be fraudulent? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/267660/dealing-with-fraudulent-e-mails/
Ipsos. "What do you do with e-mails you consider to be fraudulent?." Chart. March 31, 2010. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267660/dealing-with-fraudulent-e-mails/
Ipsos. (2010). What do you do with e-mails you consider to be fraudulent?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/267660/dealing-with-fraudulent-e-mails/
Ipsos. "What Do You Do with E-mails You Consider to Be Fraudulent?." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267660/dealing-with-fraudulent-e-mails/
Ipsos, What do you do with e-mails you consider to be fraudulent? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/267660/dealing-with-fraudulent-e-mails/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
What do you do with e-mails you consider to be fraudulent? [Graph], Ipsos, March 31, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/267660/dealing-with-fraudulent-e-mails/
