Some people are just beyond cruel
A Blackpool pensioner has been robbed of her life savings after falling victim to a scammers that pretended to be part of Evri and Santander.
Linda, a retired civil servant, said: "I was absolutely gutted. I was really distressed an upset - it’s a horrible feeling that you’ve been stupid enough to let it happen to you.Linda didn't think anything of it when she received the email from Evri because she was expecting a parcel. But an email landed in her inbox which said she needed to pay £1.99 which she died. However, she then started to have second thoughts and rang her bank Santander for more advise.
“They gave me instructions of what to do and how to open a different account. I was a bit suspicious so I asked how I knew that they were who they say they are. She saw her life savings were gone - £5,000 in her savings account and £900 from her current account. Linda then called Santander, who launched an investigation. Thankfully, she managed to get her money back after four days. She said: “In that time, I could only manage because my family helped me out.
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