Tag: Scam

Millions of pounds are at risk from scams when funds are transferred between pensions, according to retirement experts. The number of warning signs of a...

More than 2.5 million British taxpayers have reported that scammers posing as tax officials have tried to steal their cash and personal identities during...

An offshore housing scheme offering  all their money back plus 20% interest in a year raised £21 million turned out a scam that misled...

Ramadan scammers posing as government officials have struck in the United Arab Emirates. Bogus SMS texts and phone calls claiming bank debit and credit cards...

Retirement savers who opted to switch their money to  pension liberation scams are finding tax tribunals have little sympathy when they appeal penalties. In the...

Police and financial watchdogs are warning investors to watch out for bogus online trading platforms offering high returns from staking cash against cryptocurrency and...

Disgraced financial adviser faces a lifetime ban from financial services as he serves a six year jail sentence for the part he played in...

Retirement savers need to tread carefully online as pension scammers posing as consumer-friendly businesses are offering anti-fraud advice on their web sites. Financial watchdog The...

Pension scammers are coming under fire from MPs who want to do more to stop fraudsters preying on vulnerable savers. The UK Work and Pensions...

Britain’s leading financial watchdog has lifted the lid on how pension scams are investigated - and revealed 20 scammers are under scrutiny for suspected...

If you are scouring the markets for investments that maximise returns, you need to know how to spot dodgy companies and advisers . In the...

Average savers lose £32,000 each to pension scammers and millions of retirement savers over 55 years old fall victim to the fraudsters, according to...

Fraudster Manraj Virdee was sentenced to two years in jail for running a ‘spectacularly unsuccessful’ investment scheme that netted £600,000 mainly from friends and...

It’s the tax year end and fraudsters are lying in wait to trick unwary investors out of their cash, a financial consumer watchdog is warning. The...

The ban on pension cold calling has finally come in to effect. Making unsolicited calls to consumers about pensions are illegal from January 9. Companies breaking...

An elaborate scam to persuade wealthy investors to stake their cash against growing truffles cheated more than 100 people out of £9 million. The investors...

The ban on pensions cold calling to crack down on scammers is slowly moving forward. The government has published draft regulations aimed at stopping fraudsters...

Fraudsters netted £503 million and diverted the cash to organised crime in the first six months of the year, according to new data. Trade body...

The true cost of rogue pension advice has been revealed in data released by a consumer champion. Savers have lost millions of pounds to rip-off...

Fraudsters looting lifetime savings from pensions with scams grab an average £91,000 from each victim. Now, financial regulators and the police have launched a campaign...