READ MORE New rules for petrol and diesel drivers from 2030 could be scrapped<\/b><\/a><\/p>\nShe used her life savings, pension money and was pressured into borrowing from a friend. She said: \u201cThe scammers said my identity had been stolen by internal bank staff and the issue had to be dealt with in absolute secrecy. It was pressure right from the beginning. They don\u2019t give you time to think.<\/p>\n
\u201cStraight away I had to go to the bank, even though the nearest branch is 30 miles away. I had to send the cash in packets of thousands of pounds to four different addresses, they gave me explicit details on how to pack it up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey caught me at the most vulnerable I\u2019d been for a long time. I thought I was doing my bank a favour by trying to unearth a mole in their staff. There was always this promise I would get the money back but the phone calls started easing off and of course the money never came.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dame Clare Moriarty, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said: \u201cAnyone can be scammed and the impact can be devastating, leaving people not only out of pocket but in some cases unable to go about their daily lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important to be alert. If you\u2019re not sure about something, get advice. If you think someone might be trying to scam you, act straight away.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kate Dearden, minister for workers rights and consumer protections, said: \u201cToo many of us know the devastating consequences of scams. As part of our Plan for Change, we have taken decisive action to improve transparency, including cracking down on subscription traps, and banning fake reviews and hidden fees once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n
National Trading Standards chairman Lord Michael Bichard said: \u201cWe urge anyone who has been targeted by a scam to report it, however large or small the financial loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy coming forward, people can receive the support they need and their information will be vital in helping to stop these criminals in their tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A warning has been issued after seven million UK adults were hit by a scam in the past…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[80370,79,80369,18,19,17,234,235,80371],"class_list":{"0":"post-134452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-bank-staff","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-citizens-advice","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-personal-finance","15":"tag-personalfinance","16":"tag-publishing-services"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}