TONY HETHERINGTON: A huge payments scam – and Nationwide and Visa should be ashamed

Tony Hetherington is Financial Mail on Sunday’s ace investigator, fighting readers corners, revealing the truth that lies behind closed doors and winning victories for those who have been left out-of-pocket. Find out how to contact him below.  Ms K.P. writes: I fell for a sales pitch from Easytrade.biz, and now am unable to withdraw any … Read more

More than half of scam victims still being refused refunds despite banks’ pledge for fairness

More than half of scam victims still being refused refunds despite banks pledging to treat customers more fairly By Amelia Murray Money Mail Chief Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 18 March 2020 More than half of scam victims are still being refused refunds despite banks … Read more

Scam code hands back £41m to victims but losses grew to £456m in 2019

Blameless fraud victims were handed back £41.3million by banks in the second half of last year, new figures reveal, as the percentage winning back some money doubled.  But in a sign of the mounting risk to people’s finances losses to bank transfer and impersonation scams rose 29 per cent last year to £455.8million. The introduction of … Read more