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<p>The Government continues to work with Regulators and the Police to prevent scams
and this has continued during Covid-19. In the period March – July 2020, 116 reports
of pension fraud were received by Action Fraud, compared to 179 for the same period
in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the potential impact of Covid-19 on individual’s
pensions savings the Department convened a cross-government and regulator group, to
closely monitor and respond to any increase in transfers and scams. Regulators, Police
and Action Fraud have confirmed that to date no evidence has emerged to demonstrate
an increase in either transfers or scams, based on their internal monitoring of the
industry. Although this is encouraging Government recognises it needs to continue
to monitor and react to the changing environment.</p>
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