50,000 Britons on criminal 'sucker list'
- Yahoo.co.uk 21st Dec 2010


A list of 50,000 ‘suckers’ compiled by criminals has been found –
are you on it and what can you do? Protect yourself

Check your credit report for signs of ID fraud



Earlier this month, the FSA, the financial regulator, confirmed the discovery of a so-called sucker list, containing the contact details of a whopping 50,000 Brits. What's more, it reckons that the list is still in use by boiler room fraudsters.

If you're on this list, you need to be on your guard this Christmas. Or you could find yourself having a very unhappy holiday indeed.

To protect yourself, you need to know exactly how to spot a boiler room fraud - and how you can make sure you don't end up on a sucker list in the future.