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  • Bank fraud costs the UK £1 billion a year. So why don’t we take it seriously?

    From prospectmagazine.co.uk

    In March and April this year, I received calls on my mobile from fraudsters purporting to be members of my bank’s fraud investigation team. They told me that my account had been hacked and that, to flush out the perpetrators, I needed to transfer money in accordance with their instructions to facilitate their investigation and (more threateningly) so as not to frustrate a wider investigation. I ended up transferring almost £30,000 from my Santander account to accounts with Barclays and Cash Plus Bank, both of which disclaimed any responsibility for my loss. I fell victim to “authorised push payment” (APP) ... (full story)

Seriously? We? Whos' we? The Uk electorate? That has seen itself proved so dupeworthy as to have even failed to choose a government or PM, in a decade that can be said to be worthy of being taken seriously.
Why would anyone expect the fruit of that legacy of largely English nationalist post Imperial delusion - be able to focus on simple but important policy responses to things like financial Fraud?
Much more important to have Blue Passports and pursue policies that will hasten the disintegration of the historic four nation Union.
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Stupid, gullible people are the problem, here - not the banks. The bank did not transfer (push) the money out of the customer's account - the customer did. Own up to your poor judgement and take the loss. Maybe you'll make a smarter decision next time.
yeah naive and gullible people are everywhere . If i were him i just go to the nearest branch to confirm the hack .
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  • Posted: Jul 17, 2022 10:24am
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