Anyone can fall victim to fraud, but in the Netherlands, young people are hit
the hardest.
the hardest.
Dutch citizens aged 18 to 25 were reported as the group most at risk of attacks
such as phishing, identity theft and online fraud in 2019, according to a survey
on cybersecurity and cybercrime conducted by Statistics Netherlands
[https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2019/29/1-2-million-cybercrime-victims].
In 2020, 42% of all Dutch citizens aged 16 or over suffered an attempted fraud.
This troubling figure has
