Over 4.5 million Britons targets of potential financial scams in the past 3 months: research

One in eight (12%) of non retired UK adults have been approached by phone, text, or email offering free pensions advice, a free pensions review, investment opportunities or a tax refund in the last three months, according to new research by Canada Life. This equates to over 4.5 million adults who have been potentially exposed to a financial scam of some description, despite the ban on pension cold calling being introduced in January. Canada Life is warning that people need to be alert to the dangers of financial scams and has published tips to help the unwary. Andrew Tully, techni...