BBC presenter gets money back after being scammed

I'm surprised at him. We are told time and time again that if this happens you should put the phone down and call your bank.

Grandmattie - I hope you have had a satisfactory resolution of your scam.
My half brother was similarly “scammed” at a vulnerable point in his life shortly after he lost his wife.
He too received full compensation, but the psychological damage was immense.

I keep wondering if GrandMattie has got her money back.

This is dreadful. My bank, everytime I log on, warns about these scams. OK to say people shouldn't get caught, but if you're busy, not well, they can catch you off guard. The BBC have done a few programmes about stopping these criminals.
For me they get my surname wrong,, although do not usually answer a number not in my contacts. so I'm happy to tell them to stop their scam. The phone always goes down. Fingers crossed I've escaped so far.

Yes it's confusing. I had one of these calls, a recorded message. I put the phone down and rang my bank. They had always said that they never contact people in this way. The person I spoke to said 'Yes that was us'.

I think Peter Levy will be talking about scams on his Look North programme this week.

I think he hopes to highlight it to others, and personally I applaud him for admitting how easy it was to get tricked, and saying how ashamed and embarrassed he has been about it all.

I am surprised that a BBC person had not heard of all the scam investigation on BBC 1 warning everyone

I'm surprised too lemsip. They must have caught him off guard.

My dh has spent the morning talking to his bank after an apparent scam a few days ago. He was parking but didn’t have the Ringo app, so had to make a phone call to them. It wasn’t Ringo but scammers have used his card 3times already. Apparently according to the bank this is happening a lot so just letting everyone know.

Goodness

Yes, scammers have even pasted a different QR code over the proper one on parking ticket machines.

I once had a call from my bank some years ago. They were a bit shirty when I refused to believe it was from them. They were actually checking to see if I had spent £x , as there had been what turned out to be fraudulent activity, which they were preventing. Fortunately they have improved their security by now.

Think that’s what been happening cabbie. The bank did alert us by calling but I assumed a scam and put the phone down …. Can’t do right fur doing wrong these days. We live in strange times.

Mr Levy revealed details of the scam to presenter Richard Stead on BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Lincolnshire.

He is the presenter on our local BBC Look North. I’ve seen him interview people many times on such issues so I am really surprised he was scammed he even said so himself. It shows you do have to be so careful.

Peter Levy is my local BBC Look North presenter too, I've always considered him to be a well informed and savvy person and - honestly - with all the publicity about scammers, TV programmes dedicated to showing scammers, I'm very surprised he was taken in ... but it does prove, it really can happen to anyone.

In view of the complexity of paying for parking nowadays even without the risk of scams I have taken to parking further from the town centre. Usually 2 or 3 hours free with no return within an hour. Very beneficial for my physical health as I walk further and my financial health as I buy less so there is less to carry and less time to shop. Does curtail bookshop browsing.

I see no reason for him to be ashamed. The criminals should feel shame, not the victims.

Frankly, the judgement shown on this thread shows why they get away with it. People are often too embarrassed to say that it happened to them, because of the superior attitude of those who have been lucky enough not to be targeted (yet).

I have had much the same happen time in February. I lost all my money and was left with a large overdraft.
Mr. Levy is lucky to have been refunded. I’m about to go to the financial ombudsman as I have heard nothing from the bank despite much correspondence and a few phone calls.
Life is difficult as I am quite penniless and managing, just, on my pension.

Doodledog

I see no reason for him to be ashamed. The criminals should feel shame, not the victims.

Frankly, the judgement shown on this thread shows why they get away with it. People are often too embarrassed to say that it happened to them, because of the superior attitude of those who have been lucky enough not to be targeted (yet).

Well said Doodledog- you rarely get this condemnation when people are burgled but somehow people don't treat on-line crime in the same way. Crime is crime regardless.

grandMattie

I have had much the same happen time in February. I lost all my money and was left with a large overdraft.
Mr. Levy is lucky to have been refunded. I’m about to go to the financial ombudsman as I have heard nothing from the bank despite much correspondence and a few phone calls.
Life is difficult as I am quite penniless and managing, just, on my pension.

This is sad news Grandmattie, I cannot remember seeing the post on this.
It does make you wonder if Peter Levy was compensated because he is well known.
I do hope you have some luck with the ombudsman.
Have you anyone helping you with the claim such as Citizens Advice or Age Concern?

Just found this on the Good Morning thread grandMattie.
This is terrible.

GrandMattie, I was so shocked to hear what had happened to you when reading Good Morning (like many I expect, I read but don’t post). I have been hoping and praying that your money is returned and will continue to do so. You do so much to help others and don’t deserve this.

My daughter is of a deeply suspicious nature, and quick to spot anything underhand. However, even she came close to being scammed - won't bore you with all the details, but after a highly plausible chain of events, she began to read a card number over the phone, and then had a light bulb moment. She cut the call off at once and rang her bank on another phone - her first call back to her bank had clearly been to the scammers - to have it confimred that they knew nothing of the matter. She had a large sum in her account to pay a contractor, and would have lost it.

GrandMattie I am shocked that you haven't heard anything and that your bank is not being more helpful. I hope it is resolved very soon and you will receive all your money back.

OK to say people shouldn't get caught, but if you're busy, not well, they can catch you off guard

What Freya said is very true. We all think it won't happen to us but then again, we can often be caught off guard if we're worrying about other things and perhaps not concentrating fully.

Not a scam like that, but the computers which pay HM Forces and Veterans salaries has been hacked and data stolen.