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More bans but still no prosecutions – pension scammers lost in time

2 Comments / News / Angie / January 30, 2019

Another day, another voluntary ban taken by pension scammers, this time by those involved in the Henley Retirement Benefits and Capita Oak Pension Schemes. It seems there is still no justice for the victims of these financial crimes and there are no consequences for the directors of Transeuro Worldwide Holdings nor Imperial Trustee Services. These […]

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Pension scammers must be stopped

Leave a Comment / News / Angie / January 30, 2019

In the Pension Life office, we have been wondering how to get the information about pension scams more widely seen, heard and taken on board. We’d like to ensure the masses are educated and aware that pension scammers can strike from many angles, and with a variety of “deals”. Pension scammers must be stopped and

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Hidden dangers of charges that ruin your pension investments

2 Comments / News / Angie / January 21, 2019

In many pension scam cases, we find victims telling us that they were not informed about the hidden charges that were applied to their fund. This is why it is essential to warn the public about the hidden dangers of charges that ruin your pension investments. These charges often take a huge chunk out of

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Vueling v Old Mutual International

3 Comments / News / Angie / January 17, 2019

Intro written by Kim: ‘This week Angie travelled for work (yet again): she had to fly from Granada to Barcelona. Disaster struck – her baggage sadly did not make the full journey -it’s sitting in the triangle of lost luggage no doubt. The airline – Vueling – whilst only providing the flight, was still happy

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BREXIT AND THE NITWITS

3 Comments / News / Angie / January 9, 2019

The Nitwits were out in force this week. Brexit – like any other real, potential or imagined crisis – provides wonderful opportunities for pension scammers. Put people into a corner; wrap them in fear and uncertainty; set semi-literate politicians against each other; and carve out a nifty niche to scam away with deadly precision. Just

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Expats and Brexit – Safeguard your pension

Leave a Comment / News / Angie / January 7, 2019

BREXIT is the question on everybody’s lips at the moment. BREXIT: will we? won´t we? deal? no deal? So many unanswered questions and so much scaremongering. We would like to offer some helpful words and hopefully protect you from making rash decisions. This could help you to safeguard your pension. Many scammers are trying to cash

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Scammer jailed – hip hip hooray! – scammer jailed

5 Comments / News / Angie / January 4, 2019

SCAMMER JAILED! Hip hip hooray! we say. What a great start to the new year. Neil Bartlett, 53, of Delamere Road, Ainsdale, used £4.5m of his victims’ money to fund an extravagant lifestyle of foreign travel, top hotels and gambling. Bartlett was handed an eight year sentence for his involvement in the multi-million pound investment fraud

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Fines to be imposed on cold callers, but will it really put a stop the scammers?

1 Comment / News / Angie / January 2, 2019

In follow up to our blog ´Cold calling ban not approved´, we can confirm that as of the 9th January 2019, that companies who cold call with advice on pensions schemes could face fines of up to £500,000. Notice I highlight the word ´could´. If you have read our other blog you will already know that

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Cold calling ban still not approved

1 Comment / News / Angie / December 31, 2018

FT adviser published an article entitled, Cold calling ban approved by committee. However, do not get too excited as it hasn’t actually been approved by Parliament or got anywhere closer to being included in UK legislation. Plans to ban cold calling were announced back in August 2017. Scammers love to cold call their victims and hard

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Scammers are criminals. So why aren’t they in jail?

4 Comments / News / Angie / December 31, 2018

As 2018 draws to a close, a recap is in order to review the year’s progress in the war against pension scammers. Let us not forget – in the immortal words of the Pensions Regulator’s Lesley Titcombe: “scammers are criminals“. However, the sad truth is that most of them have not been prosecuted or jailed.

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Premier New Earth Recycling (NERR) Investment Scam

5 Comments / News / Angie / December 28, 2018

Premier New Earth Recycling and Renewables PLC (in liquidation) is being wound up by Deloittes. Joint liquidators Alexander Cameron Adam and David Peter Craine have written to shareholders to say the directors of NERR aren’t being terribly helpful. Apparently, they are refusing to cooperate with the investigation into why the company failed and are insisting

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Berkeley Burke SLIP with their SIPPS

1 Comment / News / Angie / December 19, 2018

Berkeley Burke SIPPS – A SLIP OF THE TICK WITH THE SIPPS We talk about the so-called “independent advisers” who sell scams to unwitting victims; we talk about the firms, introducers, cold-callers, lead generators, closers, couriers and transfer administrators. Many of the Pension Life blogs mention good old Stephen Ward – one of the leading

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