According to Action Fraud, more than 160 new pension scam cases have been reported since the start of the first lockdown in March. 

And overall, more than £30million has been lost to pension scammers in the past three years alone, with savers losing anywhere from a few hundred pounds to £500,000 each.

Action Fraud is the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime.  And offers a wide range of information about:

• How pension scams work
• What pension scams include
• Ways to protect yourself from pension scams
• How to report a pension scam

You can read it all online here 

The Government has also produced a guide specifically about how to protect yourself from fraud and cybercrime during the Coronavirus crisis.  That can be found online here