Canadians Confident They Can Spot Scams, but Cybersecurity Habits Tell a Different Story
Equifax Canada released a Cybersecurity Awareness Month survey finding that 83% of Canadians are confident they can spot scams, yet only 22% describe themselves as very confident. The Leger-conducted survey of 1,525 Canadian adults found 65% encountered fraudulent messages in the past year, with bank impersonation (37%) and fake account alerts (36%) the most common.
Key figures
- Mfa usage pct
- 58%
- Scam exposure pct
- 65%
- Survey sample size
- 1525
- Survey confidence pct
- 83%
- Survey margin of error
- ±2.5 percentage points
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