Too good TO BE TRUE?
What single woman wouldn’t be tempted by the debonair asset manager who has poured his energy into work at the expense of his love life? Or the financial whiz who can help you maximise your pension savings? Forget those easily dispatched nuisance phone calls of yesteryear, today’s scammers are in a new league, with sophisticated ways to con us.
Dating scams are on the rise – £92 million was lost in the year up to October 2021, with reports recorded by the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau up by more than 25% on the previous year. The true figure is likely to be higher as many people don’t report.
Fraud in general is on the increase. Three-quarters of UK adults say they have been approached by con artists this year – which is up 14% compared to the year before, according to Citizens Advice. That’s
