Northern Ireland has been revealed as the worst affected area in the UK for phone scams, according to new research.
The cost of scams in Northern Ireland was significantly higher than in any other area of the UK - on average, each phone scam was costing the victim £897.
According to research from business broadband experts at Bionic, who analysed data from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and Action Fraud which unveiled that Northern Ireland received the fifth highest total losses from phone scams in the last 13 months. The country lost £63,700 in scams since May 2021, with 71 reported scams in Belfast.
