Peter Levy the Look North News PresenterA BBC Look North presenter says he has got his money back after being scammed out of almost half of his life savings.
Peter Levy, 68, fell victim to the fraud in February, after receiving a call from someone pretending to be from his bank claiming there had been some suspicious activity on his account.
The caller asked him to log into his account to make some "security checks".
Mr Levy said he felt "ashamed and embarrassed" for trusting the caller but added that scammers are "great actors".
Mr Levy revealed details of the scam to presenter Richard Stead on BBC Radio Humberside and BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
He said he received a call at about 19:20 BST one evening in February from someone asking if he had spent £500 in the last hour.
Mr Levy replied he had not, and, in fact, had been at work.
The scammer then asked him to log into his account.
Mr Levy said: "Of course I logged onto the account and, of course, it wasn't the fraud department or bank at all, it was a fraudster."
The money has now been returned to Mr Levy after he went straight to his bank when he realised what had happened.
put the phone down telling caller you will check on it..
