Royal London director of policy Steve Webb has called on the government to do more to help people on so-called "sucker lists", who are vulnerable to scams.
The former pensions minister (pictured) said the government's consultation on banning cold calling should be extended to cover measures to help people on sucker lists. These lists are databases held by National Trading Standards that are made up of repeat victims who have responded to scams in the past, such as fake competitions and lotteries. Accrording to an article in the Daily Telegraph over the past ten years, a mere 10% of victims, who have a 30% chance of losing money by falling for another scam, have been visited by local trading standards to warn them. Of these people abou...
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