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‘Am I losing this battle? Yes’: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity – and others’ life savings

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‘Am I losing this battle? Yes’: Martin Lewis on the online scams that steal his identity – and others’ life savings
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Trusted by millions, the finance expert has seen his name and face used to mis-sell a string of fake investments. And yet, he says, it would be ‘very simple’ for the government to stop themThis month, an email from a consumer landed in Martin Lewis’s inbox. It was from an elderly woman with a disability who had been scammed when she invested in a scheme purportedly endorsed by Lewis – and lost her life savings. “THEY ARE BASTARDS!” Lewis wrote at the top of his social media post about it. Even t

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