'Romance scams'; tax errors with multi-year consequences; and a call to action for 65,000 NS&I savers - here's our weekly heads-up on the financial stories that may have caught your clients' attention over the weekend …
Women ‘victims in 63% of romance scams' Ahead of Valentine's Day on Thursday, some creative story-positioning from the BBC this weekend as this article focuses on one specific element of the recent scam data published by Action Fraud - the 4,555 instances of ‘romance fraud' reported to the police reporting centre in 2018. Some £50m was lost in such scams last year as fraudsters pretended to be romantically attached to their victims, says the piece. "Fraudsters trick victims into sending money or gather enough personal information to steal their identities," it goes on to explain. "Poli...
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