 The more reputable companies will keep an accurate record of their tipping activities enabling a prospective client to assess their past form and so anticipate potential future performance.There is a lot of scope for less reputable operations to massage these figures or even to fabricate figures in order to attract new customers.In 2008, the Office of Fair Trading state the figure lost to tipster scams each year is between £1 million and £4 million in the UK alone.