Fraud and Scam Compensation Claims
What is a Fraud or Scam Claim?
Romance & Friendship
A criminal who portrays to be someone else to gain your trust. The Criminal then manipulates you for you to send money.
Impersonation
A criminal contacts the victim pretending to be from a trusted organisaion such a Bank, Police or HMRC to convince the victim to make a payment to account the scammer controls.
Investment
A criminal who uses methods to blindside the victim to deposit their money into investments that don’t exist through high pressure contact and mis-leading advise.
Purchase
A criminal has advertised a product or item which you have then purchased only to have not received nothing.
Job/Task Scam
These scams usually begin with an unsolicited message, most commonly on WhatsApp or Telegram, offering a job opportunity. This is working from home, flexible hours and requires no experience. Some people may have previously filled in applications on spoofs of legitimate job sites so the message is not unexpected.
You un-wittingly transferred money to someone or something you believed was genuine but have since realised it was a fake.
A pandemic in it’s own right people are falling victim to Fraud & Scams increasingly year on year with recently reported figures for 2021 starting that over £1,000,000,000 was stolen by fraudsters and criminals in the UK. This was reported on by UK Finance, the trade association for the UK Banking sector.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Many people feel embarrassed, depressed, stressed & vulnerable after being the victim of a scam or fraud but the Banks have an obligation to spot suspicious transactions & intervene. They have an obligation to ask requestions surrounding an unusual payment for example:
- Why are you making the payment?
- What’s it for?
- What checks have you done to ensure the validity of the destination?
When clients are contacting the bank post scam they are often refused help but you can still bring a claim for compensation on a No win No Fee basis.
We can help you get money back with the possibility of interest from the date of loss even if:
- You believe it was your fault
- You made the payment
- The bank have rejected your complaint
Recent Decisions
Halifax agree to compensate cryptocurrency
Fraudsters posing as real banks – victims of clone firm scam
Ombudsman upholds Virgin Money customer’s complaint
