It makes sense to beat the Isa deadline

Tim Bennett rounds up the personal finance news, including the scam aimed at the lonely hearts crowd, and why you should make full use of your Isa allowance.

Watch out for lonely-heart fraudsters, says Laura Shannon on Thisismoney.co.uk. The boom in internet dating is proving a boon for criminals 230,000 Britons are thought to have been victims of "romantic crimes", with losses ranging from £50 to £800,000.

The conmen, or women, can run multiple relationships at one time with the simple aim of parting vulnerable people (victims include the recently bereaved and/or divorced) from their cash.

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