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Scam via money transfer organisation
theoldgoat
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Our daughter was scammed by someone posing as Blue Arrow Recruitment into moving £2000 from her UK bank account into WISE (not a bank) from where it was transferred into the scammers account. Is the UK bank liable for reimbursing her?
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No, it sounds like it will be an expensive lesson.
I imagine her bank had the warning messages about it possibly being a scam etc.2 -
How was she scammed?theoldgoat said:Our daughter was scammed by someone posing as Blue Arrow Recruitment into moving £2000 from her UK bank account into WISE (not a bank) from where it was transferred into the scammers account. Is the UK bank liable for reimbursing her?
Did they say this would get her a job or such?Life in the slow lane0 -
By all means she can speak to the bank but I won't expect there's much of a chance.theoldgoat said:Our daughter was scammed by someone posing as Blue Arrow Recruitment into moving £2000 from her UK bank account into WISE (not a bank) from where it was transferred into the scammers account. Is the UK bank liable for reimbursing her?1 -
@theoldgoat how has this progressed ?0
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