4524.0 - In Focus: Crime and Justice Statistics, June 2013

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Most vulnerable to personal fraud - affluent city-dwellers (Media Release)

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EQUIVALISED WEEKLY HOUSEHOLD INCOME

People in the highest quintile of equivalised weekly household income were more likely to be exposed to a scam (45.7%) than persons in the other quintiles. Persons in the lowest quintile were less likely to be a victim (2.3%) than persons in the third (3.5%), fourth (3.4%), and highest (3.7%) quintiles.

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Footnote(s): (a) Equivalised weekly household income

Source(s): In Focus: Crime and Justice Statistics

Scam victims in the lowest equivalised weekly household income quintile were more likely to respond to a scam by asking for more information than victims in the highest quintile (80.2% compared to 64.6%).