In this section

Introduction
Avoid scams
Not sure about an offer?
What to do
Facts and figures

Some common scams

Introduction
Prize draws and sweepstakes
Foreign lottery scams
Foreign money-making scams
Pyramid selling scams
Work from home scams
Golden investment opportunities
Clairvoyant mailing scams
Miracle health cures

Some common scams

Golden investment opportunity scams

The scamster will offer you the chance to put money into things like shares, fine wine, gemstones or other 'rare' high value items. The promise is that these will rocket in value. But what they offer is often over-priced, very high risk and difficult to sell on.

Facts

Golden investment opportunity scams cost the UK public an estimated £490 million a year.
An estimated 90,000 adults fall victim to these scams every year.