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19/09/2010

Adrian Goldberg reveals a new boom in 'boiler room' scams selling suspect shares, and speaks to unsuspecting victims conned out of tens of thousands of pounds.

Adrian Goldberg reveals a new boom in 'boiler room' scams selling suspect shares, and speaks to unsuspecting victims conned out of tens of thousands of pounds.

As a result of low interest rates and poor investment opportunities through more formal channels, police say they seeing more cases being reported, as would-be investors are ripped-off for ever-increasing sums after being cold-called by sales staff.

The programme also gets the lowdown on the modus operandi of the criminals behind the hoax investments, as it hears from a former boiler room broker.

Email the programme: goldberg@bbc.co.uk.

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Sun 19 Sep 2010 21:00

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