According to the Office for National Statistics; in the year to March 2021, there were more than four million offences recorded for fraud alone! Action Fraud says that criminals walked off with more than £2.3 billion. Now you might think you're too savvy to be caught out. But are you confident you know how to spot a scam?

Giving their tips on the signs to look out for and how you can stop yourself from getting scammed are:

• Former Chief Executive of The Pensions Advisory Service, and an Independent Non-Executive Director at PensionBee; Michelle Cracknell CBE
• Head of Security and Counter Fraud at the OBIE; Lisa Markey
• PensionBee's CTO; Jonathan Lister Parsons

Further reading:

Read more on what you can do to avoid being scammed on our website.

• How to spot a pension scam
• 4 pension scams to watch out for
• What is pension liberation?

Other useful resources:

• 'Scam Man and Robbin' game
• The Money and Pensions Service
• Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
• Types of pension scams (FCA)
• Protect yourself from scams (FCA)
• Reporting fraud and cyber crime (Action Fraud)

Catch up on the latest news, read our episode transcripts or watch on YouTube:

• The Pension Confident Podcast
• The Pension Confident Podcast on YouTube

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Follow Michelle and Lisa on LinkedIn.

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