--- title: "The rise of online fraud, according to the Office for National Statistics UK" date: 2017-08-21T21:59:00+01:00 author: Gerry Carr canonical_url: "https://www.ravelin.com/podcast/the-rise-of-online-fraud" section: Podcast --- Podcast / Payments & payment fraud Episode 9 21 August 2017 # The rise of online fraud, according to the Office for National Statistics UK CMO Gerry Carr sits down with John Flately from the Office for National Statistics to discuss how fraud has become the single more common crime in the UK. ![The rise of online fraud, according to the Office for National Statistics UK](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_548xAUTO_fit_center-center_none_ns/1640/podcast-1.webp)For our first episode, we had the pleasure of chatting with John Flately, of the Office for National Statistics about his latest [report on fraud in the UK](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/overviewoffraudstatistics/yearendingmarch2016). The report specifically focused on the large scale fraud problem that has been historically under-reported. John and his team took a slightly different approach to gathering information for their report by going into people’s homes and talking to them about fraud they had experienced. John found, “people are 20 times more likely to be a victim of fraud than robbery, with the most prominent type of fraud being banking and credit card fraud which totals two thirds of all fraud cases: to put this in perspective, 1 in every 10 people will experience card fraud.” [**Learn more about online payment fraud here.**](https://www.ravelin.com/insights/online-payment-fraud) ![Screen Shot 2018 11 30 At 16 25 38](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_122x122_crop_center-center_none_ns/2005/Screen-Shot-2018-11-30-at-16.25.38.webp)Gerry CarrCMO (Ravelin alumnus) More from Gerry Carr - [Global CFO survey - fraud in the short-attention economy](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/global-cfo-survey-fraud-in-the-short-attention-economy) - [Charting the journey of the 3DS protocol](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/charting-the-journey-of-the-3ds-protocol) - [Ravelin releases its first fully-certified 3DS2 authentication service](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/ravelin-releases-its-first-fully-certified-3ds2-authentication-service) ## Related content [Blog / Fraud trends ### Online Retail Fraud Trends 2026: New global report Refund abuse just outranked traditional forms of first-party abuse in terms of its negative impact on retailers – while 78% say fraud has stifled their growth to some extent. ![1669287463716 2023 12 07 164059 ybjd](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/196785/1669287463716_2023-12-07-164059_ybjd.webp)Nikoleta Dimitriou,Senior Content Manager](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/online-retail-fraud-trends-2026) [Blog / Fraud analytics ### Burner account detection requires continuous behavioral monitoring and network analysis Today we explore ecommerce burner accounts and why it's important for merchants to home in on and ban them before they do harm. ![Unnamed 3](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/265422/unnamed-3.webp)Nelda Biltauere,Senior Fraud and Payments Researcher](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/ecommerce-burner-account-fraud) [Blog / Refund abuse ### Refund abuse is too easy to do – and get away with – to leave unchecked Exclusive Ravelin data reveals the sheer extent of ecommerce refund abuse, including how harmful repeat refund abusers are and the measures to stop them. ![1669287463716 2023 12 07 164059 ybjd](https://storage.googleapis.com/ravelin-website-assets-production/assets/images/_33x33_crop_center-center_none_ns/196785/1669287463716_2023-12-07-164059_ybjd.webp)Nikoleta Dimitriou,Senior Content Manager](https://www.ravelin.com/blog/ecommerce-refund-abuse-is-easy)