She was tricked into transferring all the money from her account
A great-grandmother from Nottingham was scammed out of £21,000 after she received a text message telling her she needed to order a coronavirus test. Dorothy Baker, 81, was duped out of money by sophisticated fraudsters as she payed 'postage' for the 'test' which never arrived.
Believing the fraudsters, who said it would be better to split the money up while it was allocated to a new ‘safe’ account, Dorothy made a number of transactions, clearing her current account of £21,000. Dorothy, who has two daughters, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, then visited her local HSBC branch where staff broke the news the phone calls had been part of an elaborate scam. She said: “I went into the bank and they phoned the fraud squad while I was there.
Dorothy called upon the expertise of fraud specialists CEL Solicitors after her daughter heard an ad for their services on the radio. “My daughter had heard about CEL Solicitors and suggested I get in touch,” Dorothy added. “They were great and I would recommend them to anyone.”
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