Normally you can only access your pension before your normal minimum pension age if you’re in ill health.

Find out more about when you can take your pension savings

Be careful if you’re offered early access to your pension pot as these offers are generally scams designed to fool you into transferring your pot into bogus schemes. You could lose a lifetime’s worth of savings. So, stop and ask yourself – ‘could this be too good to be true?’ If you’ve already been approached and signed a contract, call Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040.

Find out more about how to avoid pension scams