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She said she stresses the difference between investing and speculating, and teaches her classes how to spot scams.

"It makes me feel really cross, because I hate people being scammed and the websites are the kind of thing you would share with a friend," Claire added.

The items here have been seized from financial fraudsters, some of whom send scam texts - known as smishing - to victims.

The total number of “impostor scam” allegations received in total is 27,665, the report says.

“It’s hard for me to understand why people don’t recognize this as the total scam it is.”