New figures have revealed people were scammed out of £612m through investment fraud last year, with criminals now using famous faces to gain trust.
Once the fraudsters had persuaded Ms Jensen to take out a £20,000 loan to prove her financial fluidity, she never heard from them again. Investment scammers trick people into thinking they are putting their money into a financial scheme that will grow, such as cryptocurrency, when they are just taking off with their cash.how she got hooked on one of these fraudulent schemes after scammers used deepfake technology to mimic the Prime Minister."That if you put in £200 you could start to make money on crypto trading. I clicked on it.
But once the cooling-off period for the loan had passed Ms Jensen could no longer get in contact with the fraudsters.“ was a physical sensation," she said.Ms Jensen's bank said that she is liable for the loans and she owes them £23,000.“I never actually admitted to feeling stupid, because I don’t believe I am," she said.