{"id":1788,"date":"2015-02-10T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T14:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2015-02-10T14:18:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T14:18:39","slug":"messages-from-action-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2015\/02\/10\/messages-from-action-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Messages from Action Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please see below messages received from Action Fraud &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pension Changes 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>HMRC have advised that from April 2015, people over the age of 55 will be given the flexibility of taking a number of smaller lump sum pension pots. 25% of the sum will be tax-free, with the remaining pension fund charged at marginal rate of income tax.<\/p>\n<p>If you take out money from your pension fund before the age of 55, the normal tax rules apply. \u00a0We are concerned that fraudsters will take advantage of these rule changes by offering to invest pensions on the victim\u2019s behalf. \u00a0Be very wary of such offers.<\/p>\n<p>Avoid losing your hard-earned cash:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not invest with companies which cold call you, offering extremely high returns. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.<\/li>\n<li>Seek financial advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau, who work alongside the Treasury delivering the \u2018Pension Wise\u2019 service.<\/li>\n<li>If you wish to invest your savings in a company, please ensure you seek advice from an FCA registered and authorised advisor<\/li>\n<li>Be aware of callers offering a free pension review service by phone call, email and text message and do not invest in unregulated markets such as overseas property developments, storage units or forestry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>We are holding a parcel in your name&#8221; &#8211; scam postcards delivered to resident\u2019s homes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scam postcards are being delivered to UK residents\u2019 homes claiming that a parcel containing \u201cjewellery\u201d is waiting for the homeowner.<\/p>\n<p>Find out how to avoid becoming a victim of this type of fraud by visiting the website below-<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.actionfraud.police.uk\/news\/alert-we-are-holding-a-parcel-in-your-name-scam-postcards-delivered-to-residents-homes-feb15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please see below messages received from Action Fraud &#8211; Pension Changes 2015 HMRC have advised that from April 2015, people over the age of 55 will be given the flexibility of taking a number of smaller lump sum pension pots. 25% of the sum will be tax-free, with the remaining pension fund charged at marginal&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/2015\/02\/10\/messages-from-action-fraud\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Messages from Action Fraud<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crimewatch","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/logo.gif?fit=121%2C93&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MmHE-sQ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-13 03:16:29","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1790,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions\/1790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stourpaine.info\/matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}