Bank issues urgent scam payment warning after new surge in people being asked for money upfront
Lloyds Bank has issued an urgent warning to all banking customers following a new report which indicates that the number of ‘advance fee’ scams has surged over the last 12 months. These are scams which involve people being asked to pay fees upfront for goods or services such as loans that never materialise.
Lloyds said its figures suggest people living in deprived areas may be particularly likely to report being scammed in this way. It said reports of loan fee scams have more than doubled over the past 12 months, compared with the previous year. The average amount lost by victims last year was £214. In one case seen by Lloyds, a woman was searching online for loans after receiving a bill for car repairs. She then received an unsolicited WhatsApp message from someone offering her a £1,300 loan without credit checks.
The attempted payment for £199 was blocked by the bank and the person she was dealing with on WhatsApp asked her to send the money to another account.
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