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Editorial illustration: Recovery scam
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Recovery scam

The second approach: a call or an email to someone who has already lost money, offering to recover it for a payment up front. Why the caller knows what you lost, the ladder of fees that never reaches the top, and the one rule that needs no expertise.

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Clone firm

A fake operation wearing a real authorised company’s identity — its name, its reference number, often its staff — with only the bank details changed. It is built to survive the check you were told to make.

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Editorial illustration: Regulated vs unregulated
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Regulated vs unregulated

What a financial licence actually protects you against, what it does not, and why the three possible answers to a register search — authorised, warned about, not found — mean completely different things.

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Editorial illustration: Deepfake
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Deepfake

AI-built video or audio showing a real person saying something they never said. In investment fraud it is the doorway rather than the scam: the familiar face that buys the few seconds needed to reach a deposit form.

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Editorial illustration: FCA warns about mini-bonds and loan notes: what to check
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FCA warns about mini-bonds and loan notes: what to check

The FCA warns about risky mini-bonds and loan notes. Learn what the warning means, what to check and what to do if you have already paid.

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Editorial illustration: SVS Securities: FCA bans former CEO over pension failings
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SVS Securities: FCA bans former CEO over pension failings

The FCA fined and banned SVS Securities’ former CEO. See what it found about pension money, hidden costs and the checks former clients can make.

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Editorial illustration: Fake celebrity investment ads: ASIC's warning and your next checks
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Fake celebrity investment ads: ASIC's warning and your next checks

ASIC warns about linked fake ads, news pages and reviews. Learn how to check an offer, what its figures mean and what to do if you already paid.

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Editorial illustration: The Spaventa Group LLC
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The Spaventa Group LLC

The SEC alleges hidden fees in Spaventa Group pre-IPO funds. Learn what the case says, what it does not prove, and which records investors should keep.

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Editorial illustration: Credit Glory LLC
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Credit Glory LLC

The FTC alleges misleading credit-repair sales linked to Credit Glory. Read what the pending US case says and what to do about charges or credit-report errors.

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Editorial illustration: John Burford: court orders £655,951 for fraud victims
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John Burford: court orders £655,951 for fraud victims

A court ordered John Burford to pay £655,951.40 for victims. Learn what the order means, what remains unconfirmed and how to check recovery offers.

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Editorial illustration: Celsius founders face US$16.5m FTC settlement orders
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Celsius founders face US$16.5m FTC settlement orders

Celsius founders face US$16.5m in FTC settlement orders. Understand the court update, what it means for customers and how to check recovery messages.

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Editorial illustration: XBO Invest
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XBO Invest

XBO Invest appears in warnings from Canada and Austria and an alert in Belgium. Match the named domains and learn what the notices establish.

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