Over £27m lost to crypto and forex scams
- Tuesday, 21 May 2019
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The FCA and Action Fraud have warned the public over scams carried out via bogus online trading platforms, as it was revealed £27m had been fleeced from investors.
Read more...Action Fraud warns of £3.2m Instagram investment con
- Monday, 25 February 2019
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Anti-fraud organisation Action Fraud has warned Instagram users to be wary of fraudulent investment posts as news emerges of more than 350 people being cheated out of a total of nearly £3.2m in the last five months.
Read more...‘Traumatised’ scam victims lose £1m each to fraudsters
- Tuesday, 29 January 2019
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Some victims of pension scams have lost more than £1m in savings each to fraudsters, new statistics have revealed.
Read more...Rogue adviser used £4.5m fraud cash for prostitutes and gambling
- Friday, 21 December 2018
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A rogue financial adviser who cheated vulnerable elderly women, family and friends out of their life savings - and fled to Russia to spend the proceeds on gambling and prostitutes - has been jailed for eight years at Liverpool Crown Court.
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