Consumer scams Facing facts Vulnerable consumers have been saved more than 5m over the past three years, thanks to the work of the National Trading Standards Scams Team. The scale of the scams problem is revealed here Nearly 200,000 potential victims who appear on so-called SOURCE: NATIONAL TRADING STANDARDS SCAMS TEAM suckers lists have been identied 2.7m has been stopped from reaching criminals More than 13m 10,843 was lost by identied victims 74 the average age of a victim SOURCE: NATIONAL TRADING STANDARDS SCAMS TEAM Credits Published You might also like Images: Catalin Petolea / Shutterstock Tuesday 25 August, 2015 Making an impact July 2015 To share this page, click on in the toolbar