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Cold Callers

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MoneySavingExpert.com is warning people across the UK that we are in no way associated with energy cold-callers representing a company called Money Expert.
22 April 2016
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Elderly people are being targeted by a telephone scam that the police say in some cases involves a fraudster allegedly pretending to be MoneySavingExpert's Martin Lewis. We NEVER make cold calls asking for your financial information – here's what's happened and what to watch out for.
16 February 2016
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The data protection watchdog is to contact more than 1,000 firms that buy and sell people's personal details to ensure they are acting lawfully.
23 November 2015
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Ofcom has fined two companies a total of £40,000 for making more than 43,000 abandoned and silent calls.
10 December 2014
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MoneySavingExpert.com is warning users that we NEVER call anyone unsolicited, after we've been made aware of a new spate of imposters attempting to gain money from unsuspecting victims using our name.
8 August 2014
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UK regulators are teaming up with counterparts in the USA and Canada to crack down on 'spoof' calls from telemarketing schemes.
21 October 2013
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A man was so incensed by PPI cold callers interrupting him that turned the tables by charging them to call him.
29 August 2013
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Over 30 million people have received unwanted messages about claiming for mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), figures from a Citizens Advice survey suggest.
29 August 2013
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Silent and abandoned phone calls about payment protection insurance (PPI) are being investigated by telecoms watchdog Ofcom, which says consumers who get unwanted calls are getting around two each week.
17 May 2013

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