Martin Lewis announces sabbatical from work as he issues warning | Personal Finance | Finance

Money Saving Expert founder Martin Lewis has announced a break from work as he issued a warning to his followers while he’s away.

The hard working fiscal guru is always on the go, flipping between series of his ITV show, The Martin Lewis Money Show Live, his radio show with Adrian Chiles, his weekly Martin Lewis Podcast and appearances on Good Morning Britain and This Morning in between posting to his Money Saving Expert website.

But dad-of-one Martin has announced he’s taking some time away for a few weeks as he prepares for the looming busy winter months.

Posting to his Twitter account, Martin announced ‘I’m outta here’ as he announced a ‘mini sabbatical’ from his usual fiscal duties. Instead, he will be ‘recharging’ and focusing on his family and fitness, Martin said.

But he also issued a warning to be wary of scams while he’s not working, as criminals try to take advantage of his time away.

He said: “That’s it, I’m outta here! Ta Ta.

“For the next few weeks, I’m taking a mini summer sabbatical (a little later than planned due to the car finance news) to focus on family, fitness and poor golf, in order to recharge my and my laptop’s batteries for a big autumn and winter coming.

“I’ll be off social media as much as possible. Please do be wary of scams with me in elsewhere, as the criminals tend to ramp it up when I’m not posting, and do report them to the relevant platform.

“The great MSE team will still be updating the website, and providing the weekly email while I’m gone, so please check it for your financial fix.

“See you when I’m back. Take care.”

Earlier this year, Martin highlighted some extreme scam ads which had used ‘Martin Lewis arrested’ to try to con people.

He wrote: “Lots of scam ads using ‘Martin Lewis arrested’ to try and draw people in to their criminal schemes again. If you see them please report them as scams to the platform (let’s hope the platforms pull their bloody fingers out and sort it).”

Back in 2024, Martin told his followers how the 20 most popular celebrities for scam ads include singers like Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran as well as popular presenter Jeremy Clarkson and Hollywood stars like Johnny Depp or Keanu Reeves.

Talking on his The Martin Lewis Podcast at the time, Martin said: “Many people think of scams as a light term but we should think about it like organised crime. It’s organised crime to try and steal money off people using suspicious devious psychologically adept forms of marketing to try and grab people’s money.”

Martin then warned not to trust his face on ads especially, adding: “One in three scams involve me. I never wanted to get into being a campaigner on scams. My whole thing is about showing people how to save money not preventing them losing money, but when you’re in a third of the adverts out there, the worst bloody compliment I’ve ever received, you have to start campaigning on it.

“The great frustration for me is if there’s an advert with me in it, it’s always a scam because I don’t do ads.

“I successfully sued Facebook for £3m… but online advertising is still a wild west.”