The Money Saving Expert founder spoke out after saying that criminals often use his face to con people out of money
Martin Lewis has said more needs to be done to stop scammers because lives are routinely destroyed by them.
. BirminghamLive said that Martin wrote on his social media: "Scam ads are a scourge on society. The resulting frauds can destroy peoples financial lives, self esteem and mental health."I have the dubious compliment of being the most scammed face in the UK. For years MSE and I have campaigned to get stronger laws to force social media firms, including here on X to clamp down on these adverts they're PAID to publish.
"Originally the government wasn't going to put this in its Online Safety Bill, we fought hard, got it in, and finally last week that bill was made law. I hope this will start to reduce the number of scams. "It's far from a panacea, we need better resourced anti-fraud police too, but its a good step in the right direction." Dean replied on Twitter, now X: "Fantastic result Martin, it's great that you and the MSE team pushed for this."
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