Young people are the most gullible when it comes to banking scams

Young adults are the most gullible when asked by scammers to divulge their bank card pin, password or security numbers, a survey found.

Despite younger adults generally being thought of as more tech-savvy, one in five (20%) 18- to 34-year-olds wrongly thought their bank would ask them for their full Pin or password, compared with 9% of the population generally.

And 16% of 18- to 34-year-olds wrongly thought their bank might ask them to transfer cash for security reasons, compared with 7% of all adults questioned.