Recent research from the Office of Fair Trading found that 73 per of UK residents have been sent a scam email in the past 12 months, compared to 21 per cent receiving a letter from fraudster and 12 per cent a text message.
Greg Day, director of security strategy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at McAfee, said that the main reason behind email's popularity with scammers is its low cost.
He explained that cybercriminals can use scam generation toolkits to easily create emails to send out to potential victims.
'Cost, ease - literally now anybody can do this with these kinds of toolkits, you no longer have to be a professional expert, it's proven, it's something you can repeat,' the expert commented.
Mr Day added that emails can be sent to millions of people, which means cybercriminals only need a low success rate in order to make a profit.
Greg Day, director of security strategy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at McAfee, said that the main reason behind email's popularity with scammers is its low cost.
He explained that cybercriminals can use scam generation toolkits to easily create emails to send out to potential victims.
'Cost, ease - literally now anybody can do this with these kinds of toolkits, you no longer have to be a professional expert, it's proven, it's something you can repeat,' the expert commented.
Mr Day added that emails can be sent to millions of people, which means cybercriminals only need a low success rate in order to make a profit.
