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  • 1 year ago
Denise Welch issued a warning after losing £2,000 in a phone scam.Source: Good Morning Britain, ITV

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00:00And I went through, over a series of about four phone calls,
00:03all of the information you are duly expected to give.
00:06Like what?
00:06So it was my full name, my date of birth, my address and postcode,
00:12and my mother's maiden name.
00:13Again, didn't hesitate because it said Barclays.
00:17So over about four phone calls, Michael had become my best friend.
00:20He said it was taking a long time to do this because this was a fraud
00:24that was potentially going to be bigger than they thought.
00:28This is where anybody watching this will be shouting,
00:31well, that's on you, how stupid of you.
00:34They then said on about the fifth phone call,
00:36we're going to have to ask, this is not, you know,
00:39this doesn't happen very often,
00:40but we're going to have to ask for your four digit PIN.
00:43Now, even I know that you don't give your PIN away,
00:47but because I was talking to the fraud department at Barclays, I did.
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