UK Most Defrauded Nation on Earth

http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/uk-most-defrauded-nation-on-earth/?

The UK was the most attacked nation in the world in Q2 when it came to online fraud, with businesses there hit 50% more frequently than their US counterparts, according to the latest stats from ThreatMetrix.

But the UK is also home to some of the world’s most prolific fraudsters, as the second highest originator of online fraud after the US.

Although many of these scams involve gangs operating trans-nationally, many require a local criminal – for example a money mule to receive the fraudulently obtained funds and transfer it overseas, explained ThreatMetrix EMEA solutions director, Stephen Moody.

I have to wonder what is meant by "attacked", as used in their synopsis.

This article paints a completely different picture...

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/countr ... 2015-06-03

Countries with the most and least online fraud

Most risk of fraud:1. Indonesia

Above, an Indonesian police officer is posted at a local bank's ATM in Nusa Dua at the resort Island of Bali in 2010, following fraud cases where customers were victimized by syndicates with the use of data-capturing devices illegally installed in bank machines.
2. Venezuela

Above, graffiti depicts Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas.


3. South Africa
Above, a woman passes an advertisement for pick n' pay online shopping in Soweto, South Africa.


4. Brazil

Employees work at the startup company Hotel Urbano in Rio de Janeiro. Hotel Urbano, an online hotel booking service, got $52 million last year in the nation's biggest venture capital funding of the period. Brazilian startups are reaping the benefits of a global venture capital community that's hunting for markets with large, untapped bases of Internet-using consumers.
5. Romania

Above, a man sits in his horse-drawn carriage in the middle of a street in the city of Zimnicea, Romania, where life in the small Romanian port town is defined by poverty, corruption and remarkably, a yearning for communist days.