consumer advice
SCAMBUSTING Your useful guide to beating the scammers
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very year, three million people in the UK fall victim to a scam. This can often result in the individual losing a considerable amount of money (in some cases thousands of pounds). Scammers are becoming cleverer and it is people from all walks of life who end up being duped. There are hundreds of scams – fake lotteries, prize draws, get-rich-quick schemes, bogus health cures, investment scams and pyramid selling are just a few of them. There’s a scam for everyone - so no matter how clued up you think you are, always keep your eyes open. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has recently stepped up its campaign to ‘beat the scammers’ by launching a campaign to raise people’s awareness and also give advice on how you can avoid being tricked out of your money.
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AUTUMN 2011 www.csrf.org.uk