Martin Lewis heartbreakingly revealed on GoodMorningBritain that one of his elderly relatives fell victim to a scam that could have cost them thousands of pounds. ‘You have to be skeptical if anybody calls you out of the blue.'
Susanna, 52, had been urging viewers to not fall for online WhatsApp scams, that could see criminals posing as ‘children’ asking their ‘parents’ to send them money.‘A close relative of mine was scammed yesterday – it was quite upsetting.
‘They were called by Microsoft Security Essentials, which is not Microsoft Security Essentials, and it was scammers, saying their computer had been defrauded, and in four hours on the phone, thinking this person was helping them, gave all their details.‘An elderly relative of mine, and the honest truth is there are many times you’ll be called up by people trying to help you with scams, that’s what the scammers do.
‘When I spoke to this person – I don’t want to name them – I spoke to this person later in the day, and as soon as they said Microsoft Security Essentials called me I knew it’s a scam, they don’t call.’ Martin added: ‘It took me minutes to persuade, because obviously, when it’s family they treat you in a different way, and at one point I had to say, “Look forget my relationship to you, this is what I do for my job, this is a scam.”‘He went on to say that luckily, three of the banks had stopped it and one bank would be refunding the money paid out.
But, Martin’s relative is still at risk of being ID frauded. He urged: ‘You have to be sceptical. If anybody calls you out of the blue, that you’re not expecting, be sceptical about it.’More:
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Lewis Hamilton on major Mercedes upgrade: ‘I’m counting down the days’Lewis Hamilton is marking the days and weeks off the calendar until the new-look Mercedes W14 arrives. lewishamilton Mercedes Formula1 f1
Read more »
'Max Verstappen can't race George Russell the way he races Lewis Hamilton''For a driver leading the World Championship with the front row of the grid [on Sunday], to me that was not the sort of thing that a Niki Lauda or an Alain Prost would have done.' F1 AzerbaijanGP Formula1
Read more »
Fernando Alonso describes his relationship with 'lucky' F1 rival Lewis HamiltonFernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton have a love-hate relationship, with the Aston Martin driver unable to resist a new dig at his old F1 foe.
Read more »
Lewis Capaldi sports moustache 'disguise' after new music video makes fans cryThe singer and funnyman has posted selfies with his new facial hair that he says took him six weeks to grow.
Read more »
Lewis Hamilton critical of FIA decision to shorten DRS down Baku straightLewis Hamilton is at a loss as to why the FIA decided to shorten the DRS zone down Baku's start/finish straight. LewisHamilton Mercedes Formula1 f1
Read more »
Lewis Hamilton declares F1 ‘hunger’ still there evidenced by Baku fightbackLewis Hamilton says he still has plenty of 'hunger' for racing in Formula 1, which his Baku fightback proved. LewisHamilton mercedesf1 Formula1 f1
Read more »