WE WERE SCAMMED FOR NEARLY £12k! | BANK SCAM | CLARKE LIFE 

Such a stressful ordeal Nicola. Thanks for sharing and making others aware, hopefully that will help others so they don’t have to go through what you did. So glad the scammers ended up with nothing!

Thankyou Nicola for sharing and making us be much more vigilant. So so stressful, glad all was ok in the end x

Gosh Nicola I’m so sorry you went through this, and thanks for sharing x

Morning Nicola oh my goodness that is just awful! Thank you so much for sharing your terrible ordeal. My heart was beating faster and faster as you were sharing this! Thank goodness All was ok at the end. The world is a very scary place at the minute. You take care and stay safe xx

You poor thing! So sorry this happened to you but thank you for sharing, I will definitely keep this in my mind in future xxx

Hi Nicola.Your so brave thank you for coming on and sharing your horror story with all of us,Please god we can all learn the lesson from your nightmare experience 🥲.First time posting but just felt compelled to so I did.Been subscribed for a long time love& enjoy your videos.Take good care xx 😘😘🌹🌹🌹

I had a scammer attempt the same with me today. It seems that they were trying to reset my bank account password to get in. Log story short, I asked the guy to tell me my bank account balance (which he couldn't). I then asked him to tell me some of my past transactions. He then disconnected the call.

Nice and informative video, thank you so much! I followed your advice straight away, once again thank you so much!

Bless you. Thank you for sharing this. Xx

Thanks so much for sharing this story, my mum had a similar thing happen they pretended to be from BT it really left her shattered.

Thank you for sharing, I told that story to everybody I can think off! This sounds like a nightmare! So glad it all ended well for you and you got back all the money because you acted quick and called the bank right away! The worst part is how those thiefs got to your account and took the loan in your name! Did bank took care of that part? or they just got your money back and case closed???

Thanks for sharing your experience. So glad you got your money back, I just wish those responsible were found and punished!

This is awful, I feel so bad for you. A similar thing happened to my 18 year old son a couple of weeks ago. It was his first day at his new job and someone called him from what he thought was HMRC, saying he owed £3000 in Tax and if he didn’t pay it now, they would send the police to arrest him within 45 mins. He called me very distressed and I assured him this was a scam!! It’s disgusting how people can do this. Xx

Hi Nicola, really sorry to hear this. The same thing happened to me yesterday I’ve lost 12,000. It was linked to a Royal Mail missed post payment that was also fake and I paid so they had my details, and really played with my emotions on phone, I even spoke to a fake supervisor. I’m gutted and feel so so stupid. I’m praying I can it back. Keep well and safe

Never disclose your bank particulars online,even if your president or prime minster asks for them............

Very Brave Nicola, thanks for sharing.👍🥰

Thank you for sharing this. Sorry you had to go through this. I had my eBay PayPal account hacked a few years ago and luckily I was bidding for something and noticed what happened. Luckily I got my money back but very scary. Take care.

Thanks for sharing Nicola. Guess moral of the story is to always phone back directly on their general number the bank, HMRC or whatever company you have a financial arrangement with.

This happened to me tonight and stupidly I fell for it just like you. I still feel sick and shaking, definitely can’t sleep. I am visiting the branch tomorrow and see what I can do. Although I didn’t find this video in time, thanks for sharing your experience.

Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry you went through this ordeal! I’m glad you got your money back 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🤗

Thanks for sharing your experience- my policy is one of taking control of the situation which simply means when I receive a call, I hang up on them. I then call the number on the back of my debit/credit card or on a statement... a person calling me is in control.

.thanks for telling the story and making us aware of this type of scam.Definitely will be telling friends of this scam.

oh wow what an awful experience im so glad you got all your money back xx

I gave too much information to a scammer that was calling to save me from " bank fraud". Luckily I didn't lose money. They called early while I was half awake. So clever.Thanks for sharing your story...and beware. Call to the bank, not the other way around.

Sharing is caring on ur part.These scammers are so smooth.Bunch of cowards hiding behind screens.

Gosh how stressful! So sorry you went through this, but so pleased it got sorted and quickly. My husband was scammed into giving his mobile account details over and didn’t realise till the next month when he was charged for two phones. They are so good a convincing you they are really from the company. Luckily he got it all sorted and the company was really good dealing with it all. X

Hi Nicola, this is awful. So sorry about your experience. I do searches on numbers i don't recognise and see if there are warnings. I did get a text the other day with a link pretending to be halifax. Deleted message of course. As a banker myself, i would put phone down then ring my bank on another phone. No you aren't an idiot. They make it so easy to believe. I keep minimal funds in a current account.

Hi Nicola the same sort of thing happened to me about a month ago I had been on a night shift and noticed I had 2 missed calls on my mobile I was just getting up and phone rang again same number this guy said he was from my bank knew my name bank details etc He said that £5 had gone into my bank by mistake told me the recipients name he was insistant that I looked at my on line banking to see if this was correct I said I would pop into my bank to sort it as I was half asleep after night shift he started getting very angry saying the other bank was on the phone and needed the payment back and if I didn’t sort it ASAP the my account would be disabled His tone made me suspicious so I hung up and went straight to my bank to sort it It was a scam and apparently these scammers buy no’s which look the same as a banks no which is unbelievable. I was lucky they didn’t get any money in fact I gained £5 Really good you shared this to warn people and to be on their guard

Thank you very much 💚💙

I fell for a scam email a number of yrs ago and thought how could I be so stupid. Half of me thought after I had fell for it was it genuine so I kept an eye of my account for rest of day and spotted a withdrawal. Luckily I could go to the bank and talk to someone and was refunded the money. I don't know what I would have done if there was not a physical bank there I could talk to, phoning here there and everywhere would have added to the stress.

Don’t feel stupid it can happen to anybody sorry that happens x

bless you for telling people its not your fault im always getting nasty phone calls but i put the phone down always best way sweety but thank you for video x

thank you so much for sharing ,your not a fool so dont worry about these scum bags catch you off guard its a learning curve ,so tell the world,it happened to me ,they tried to say money was coming out ect ,but i thought no im gong to the bank myself and i was told yes its a scam anyway thanks

I'm going through this right now....same bank scam in the UK 🇬🇧 and I'm so stressed waiting on the 10 days...it happened the Saturday evening and I reported it the Sunday morning...I'm so worried I migrated to the UK alone and I have to renew all my visa and work permit and I have no money...I might be going home...I cry 24/7

This has just happened to me, the exact same scam. Luckily I got my money back too and the loan was cancelled. I felt physically ill too afterwards and since this other scammers have targeted us but they haven’t got anything from us. Going to change my phone number and ramp up all security details…it won’t happen again 🙈

Feel so sad that scammers can use numbers that are legitimate.so glad she got some of the money bk.yes scammers are very good

I think given the current economic climate scammers are rife. I’ve had several text messages over the past few weeks supposedly from my bank saying I’ve set up a new payee from my account and click this link blah blah blah. I think these con artists are so convincing it’s often difficult not to think they’re legit. It’s a horrific experience. Someone took a phone contract out using my husbands bank details a few years ago. It is shocking the lengths they go to. Glad it was sorted for you. Xx

keep up to date on scams there's tons of videos on youtube about fake irs hmrc and Microsoft scammers

Thank you for sharing your story Nicola, it must have been difficult to make. I got hacked for £800 from my paypal account so now am very careful how I pay for stuff. I bet you & your hubby wished you could have come face to face with the low life.

I read somewhere that if you put your phone down and they don't, the line isn't closed and when you ring the bank you are still on the line to the scammers and they will pretend to be bank and still scam you. Not 100% this is the case, but it's worth checking out :)

Im getting fed up with the fake Amazon prime calls. I get them on my landline once a day.

Don't ever give your bank details to anyone who calls you. Don't give them anything. Just hang up and block the number. Don't reply to any unknown text messages. Keep calm and do some research first. Scammers are ruthless these days.

Hi there Nicola (sorry if I spelled your name incorrectly) I just wanted to say, it takes real courage to admit to one's mistakes, and that sometimes, the best of us fall for them. Even the greatest scambaiter on RU-vid, Jim Browning, had his channel deleted because he fell victim to a scam. I think that is is wonderful that you should share your story so that people are made aware of these types of scams. Have a good day :)

This happened to me today. They spent £1500 on crypto. Bank called me did the same with the codes. They asked me to transfer £1700 more into another account, Thats when i knew. After a 2 hour call i got my money back but i had to plead poverty, depression and covid to get it.

Its happened to me today *( same story and ye he got me £1k gone for good and thankfully luckily my bank they refund it and sort it out ;)

damn, at least you got your money back... u're lucky

Why didn’t she tell her husband about this? Don’t stress alone, share it. Let him worry also, then you don’t need to stress alone. I turn the ringer off on my phone and let it ring only from my contacts. All those robo calls ring and ring and I don’t hear them.

How on earth do they have the same number as the bank.

I absolutely disagree with people who just say that scam victims are stupid - you clearly aren't - you quizzed the caller, but the scam was pretty sophisticated. As it was a Friday, I guess you were quite tired as well - no one is at peak mental performance all of time, everyone gets tired and hungry, and this compromises your judgement. My mother once clicked a link on a text claiming to be from her mobile provider, and was just about to enter her mobile details, until, at the last second, she thought wait a minute, stopped, and checked her my3 account. Her bill had gone through, and she realized it was a scam, it was at 9 or 10 in the evening, so we were both tired. Scam stories, like yours, are a chance to learn and avoid scams in the future, not just to deride people as stupid. I absolutely agree, that on the back of bank cards it should say warning: scammers can fake this number to pretend to be us. Do not trust a phonecall just because it says it's from our number. We will never call you and ask you to transfer money or hand over your log in details

thanks even £5 is a loss

Sounds a bit complicated....who set up the loan ?

awe poor you, these con artists are so clever and It is so easy to fall for it..i don't trust any cold caller. My get out is i say i have to call husband and i will ring you back. so much for the apps being safer...microsoft is another one i usually play stupid until they ask me to put a code into my computer by which time i tell them i wasn't born yesturday and they should get a proper job and hang up..

I feel so stupid and indiot...i fall in 2 scams in just one week

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