Investors warned over ‘celebrity-endorsed’ scams
Over 300,000 malicious URLs taken down – with Martin Lewis and Sir Richard Branson among those named
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HMRC investigates alleged multi-million-pound tax scam
Four were arrested and questioned on suspicion of money laundering offences
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Investors lose £1.5m to scam cryptocurrency firm
As UK regulator reveals 1.1 million spike in digital asset purchases in a year
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Will covid-19 push retirees to riskier investments?
As fraudsters take advantage of pandemic to target savers
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Fraudulent sustainable energy investment firms go bust
After conning investors out of at least £525,000
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Millions of Brits fall victim to scams during outbreak
As a fifth of the UK population say they have been approached by fraudsters
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US Ponzi scheme adviser assets frozen
He raised more than $5.6m from at least 35 investors who were mostly retirees in California
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Pension scams morphing into investment-like fraud
Regulatory action failing as think tank says lack of data obscuring ‘true scale of the issue’
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UK lifeboat scheme pays £2.3m to Ponzi victims
It aims to complete all claims by the end of July 2020
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Younger savers very vulnerable to pension scams
Double whammy of high fees and HMRC unauthorised payment charge could leave retirement in tatters
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Online game launched to educate savers on pension scams
It has potential to ‘go a long way’ towards raising awareness of warning signs
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UK regulator warns savers against DB pension transfers
It will ‘only be in a member’s best interests in the minority of cases’