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<p>DWP works with other government departments, regulators, police, enforcement agencies
and the pensions industry to raise public awareness of pension scams and encourage
the reporting of scams by victims. The Government established Project Bloom, a cross-government
taskforce that brings together law enforcement, government and industry to share intelligence,
raise awareness of and the reporting of scams through public communication campaigns,
and take enforcement action where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Project Bloom monitors
the evolution of scam typology and the measures that all agencies including providers
and financial professionals can take to help prevent scams.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
continues to drive forward and endorse better messaging from both TPR and FCA to the
public and industry on how to identify a scam. Government helped facilitate and supported
the joint statement by regulators at the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic, urging individuals
not to make hasty pension decisions.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ppf.co.uk/sites/default/files/2020-05/COVID-19-and-your-pension.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.ppf.co.uk/sites/default/files/2020-05/COVID-19-and-your-pension.pdf</a>.</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/media-hub/press-releases/2020-press-releases/covid-19-savers-stay-calm-and-dont-rush-financial-decisions"
target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/media-hub/press-releases/2020-press-releases/covid-19-savers-stay-calm-and-dont-rush-financial-decisions</a>.</p><p>
</p><p>The Government is also using social media to further endorse the messaging
from the regulators, with posts referencing Pension Scams and #ScamSmart in total
across Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn in the period March to September 2020.</p><p>
</p><p>The ScamSmart campaign and website have been live since 2014. It started by
focusing on just Investment Scams and has grown to incorporate Pension Scams. The
aim of all the activity under the ScamSmart brand is to alert consumers to the warning
signs that indicate a possible scam is taking place and to drive action, getting consumers
to use the FCA Warning List tool and the Register. The national media campaign which
ran from July to November 2019 resulted in excess of 220,000 people visiting the website.</p>
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