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  1. ScamSmart - Avoid investment and pension scams

    Last modified: 09/08/2023
    ScamSmart is a Financial Conduct Authority campaign providing information on how to avoid investment and pension scams.

  2. FCA research: A quarter of consumers would withdraw pension savings earlier to cover cost of living – making them vulnerable to scammer ‘misdirection’

    Press Releases Published: 06/10/2022 Last modified: 06/10/2022
    The FCA launches its latest ScamSmart campaign aimed at giving consumers the knowledge and tools to avoid pension scams

  3. 'Sharing my screen cost me £48,000' – half of investors would miss signs of screen sharing scam as FCA warns of 86% increase

    Press Releases Published: 05/05/2022 Last modified: 10/11/2023
    The FCA launches latest ScamSmart campaign aimed at raising awareness of increasingly sophisticated investment scam tactics.

  4. FCA stops BDSwiss offering contracts for differences (CFDs) to UK customers

    Press Releases Published: 05/08/2021 Last modified: 05/08/2021
    The FCA has acted to stop a Cypriot-based firm, BDSwiss Holding Plc, and other members of the BDSwiss Group from offering high risk contracts for differences (CFDs) to UK investors.

  5. Financial watchdog blocks thousands of misleading ads

    Press Releases Published: 03/02/2023 Last modified: 03/02/2023
    Social media remains a major focus for the FCA’s work in combatting misleading financial promotions.

  6. FCA warns of increased risk of online investment fraud, as investors lose £87k a day to binary options scams

    Press Releases Published: 29/01/2018 Last modified: 12/04/2024
    The FCA has urged the public to be vigilant to the threat of online investment fraud.

  7. Festive shoppers at rising risk of loan fee scams as fraudsters pile on the pressure at Christmas

    Press Releases Published: 14/12/2022 Last modified: 14/12/2022
    With Christmas fast approaching, the FCA launches its latest ScamSmart campaign aimed at giving consumers the knowledge and tools to avoid loan fee fraud.

  8. Financial promotions quarterly data 2022 Q1

    Data Published: 27/04/2022 Last modified: 22/07/2022
    We publish data on the number of financial promotions that it has taken action on to mitigate non-compliance with the our rules. This data is for January 2022 to 31 March 2022.

  9. FCA clamps down on consumer investment harm

    Press Releases Published: 18/01/2021 Last modified: 13/06/2023
    The FCA highlights the many ways in which it works to protect consumers from investment harm by stopping and disrupting potentially harmful firms and activities.

  10. National campaign will target those most at risk of investment fraud, says FCA

    Press Releases Published: 15/10/2014 Last modified: 12/04/2024
    Using funds recovered from the proceeds of crime, the FCA has launched a national campaign to warn people about investment fraud and how to spot a potential scam.