Helen Skelton's bank refunding scam as goodwill gesture
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Over the last week or so Helen Skelton has been on various TV programmes including a dedicated documentary recounting how she lost money to a scam. The details of the case aren't too important in brief a simple email scam of an "overdue TV license". I was intrigued and initially sympathetic and supportive of her "campaign" to raise awareness of "increasingly complex scams anybody can be victim to" but as I watched the programme it quickly became clear this wasn't one such example. It was not a complex scam and she would not be getting her money back. Except at the very end of the programme it was stated she would be getting the money back now as a "goodwill" gesture from her bank.
It has left me thinking this is wrong. Her using her platform doesn't bother me but this is at the expense of others. Indirectly we are all paying for this refund. The system should protect against complex scams not accommodate people's naivety.
It has left me thinking this is wrong. Her using her platform doesn't bother me but this is at the expense of others. Indirectly we are all paying for this refund. The system should protect against complex scams not accommodate people's naivety.
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I watched that programme.
Are you sure the refund was given as a goodwill gesture?0 -
Think of it as coming out of the bank’s PR budget0
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Who is Helen Skelton? Is there a link to this program on iPlayer etc?0
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Seemed VERY coincidenctal, to me at least, that she was fully refunded within hours of the programme going on air - months after the incident occurred.0
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"If I can get scammed anyone can", she says! No, I wouldn't, nor would most of us.
Why was this news weeks ago, then again in the dm.still she got the result she wanted, none of us ordinary people would.0 -
If I was Helen Skelton, I'd have kept shtum, rather than expose myself as an airhead.0
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worried_jim wrote: »Who is Helen Skelton? Is there a link to this program on iPlayer etc?
https://www.itv.com/hub/tonight/:grouphug: Official MSE canny forumite and HUKD VIP badge member :grouphug:0 -
TV work obviously pays very well.0
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Her using her platform doesn't bother me but this is at the expense of others. Indirectly we are all paying for this refund. The system should protect against complex scams not accommodate people's naivety.
Not sure which bank she uses. But many have signed up to the "We will refund you" even if you have been stupid....
Most of these are so well publicised that people should be aware.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48385426Life in the slow lane0 -
Thanks! Looks interesting and will watch when home.0
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