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Consumers must remain vigilant to the online threat of phishing scams, a leading body has warned.
Apacs, the UK payments association, made its comments following research which revealed that British consumers were hit by more than 10,000 phishing incidents between January and March this year.
Despite the prevalence of such security risks, almost one in three people have no anti-spyware software installed on their PCs, the organisation continued.
It highlighted that online banking fraud has fallen by a third since 2006 but as other methods become less effective, criminals continue to have some success with phishing emails.
Commenting on the findings, David Cresswell, director of communications at the Financial Ombudsman Service, agreed there had been a "significant spike" in the levels of phishing emails.
"This suggests large numbers of people are still receiving phishing emails and not knowing what they are or whether they should respond to them - so we welcome this important reminder to customers," he added.
Britain's Office of Fair Trading warns that phishing emails are designed to induce victims into parting with sensitive information.
It calls for recipients not to follow links or release information in response to any unsolicited email.
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