Inheritance tax scam warning – how to protect your pension pots ahead of 2027 rule change

Pension savers are being warned they could become targets of a new breed of scammers trying to exploit the upcoming changes to inheritance tax rules around retirement pots.

Scammers stole an average of almost £50,000 each from pension savers in 2023, with the latest available Action Fraud figures showing more than £17 million in total was wiped from pension savings.