£890m lost to investment fraud last year
39% of victims were between the ages of 20 and 39
Action Fraud
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UK government to scrap national fraud reporting centre
Following reports that victims were being misled by its telephone handlers
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Brits lost £63m to social media scams in a year
Men aged 19-25 most at risk of falling victim, with cryptocurrencies most common lure
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Stark warning that most pension pots won’t last long enough
Standard Life Aberdeen says 66% of retirees will run out of money
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Attack of the clone firms cost investors £78m in 2020
‘No surprise mendacious fraudsters have ramped up attempts to swindle hard-working people’
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Over £650m lost to investment scams in a year
Weak economy and low interest rates gave criminals opportunity to defraud victims
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£60m revamp for UK fraud centre
Recent information request found just 6.6% of pension scam complaints passed to the police
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Over £30m lost to scams in four years
Victims put off sorting out their finances for fear of being scammed again
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Life insurance scammers crawl out from under rocks
Times of crisis bring out the best in most – but the very worst in some
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UK coronavirus-related fraud nearly hits £1m
Bogus HMRC tax refunds and investment scams are some of the many tactics being used
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Instagram to fight against investment scams
Some 356 reports of scams were made to a UK fraud centre with a total loss of just over £3.1m
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Fraud centre reveals ‘shocking’ £197m losses for victims
Chameleon-like scammers are ‘adept at changing to present themselves as the genuine article’