{"id":14292,"date":"2016-05-25T06:01:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T23:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/older-people-at-heightened-risk-of-investment-scam-calls\/"},"modified":"2016-05-25T06:07:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T23:07:59","slug":"older-people-at-heightened-risk-of-investment-scam-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/older-people-at-heightened-risk-of-investment-scam-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Older people at 'heightened risk' of investment scam calls"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOver-55s seeking better returns on their savings fall victim to telephone scams on land, wine, cars, art and more, says FCAA sharp rise in the volume of unsolicited calls from investment scammers is putting growing numbers of older people at risk of being conned, Britain\u2019s main financial watchdog has warned.The Financial Conduct Authority said over-55s faced a \u201cheightened risk\u201d of falling victim to unregulated and often fraudulent investment schemes involving everything from land, wine and classic cars to gold, diamonds and art. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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