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Social media bank staff scam cost me 拢16,500

Episode 32 of 45

The team reveals how scammers are convincing victims to part with their cash by posing as senior bank staff, and pointing to their social media pages as evidence.

Gloria Hunniford, Julia Somerville, Louise Minchin and the Rip Off Britain team reveal how scammers are convincing victims to part with their cash by posing as senior bank staff, and pointing to their social media pages as evidence. A woman from Bury St Edmunds lost 拢16,500, and the head of one bank鈥檚 fraud team explains how he was impersonated.

Plus how a company using QR codes to sign people up for subscriptions they knew nothing about has been shut down, and a cyberattack on a law firm鈥檚 computer system leaves a car crash victim in limbo.

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43 minutes

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Gloria Hunniford
Presenter Julia Somerville
Presenter Louise Minchin
Series Producer Kirk Barber
Series Editor Lizz Martin
Executive Producer Rowland Stone

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