Thursday, 30 May 2024

Fraud victims targeted by scam bots

Fake accounts are lurking on X (formerly Twitter) waiting to pounce on vulnerable scam victims and defraud them again.

Which? decided to investigate this scam, posting on the platform as a scam victim in need of help, and were instantly bombarded with automated responses from 'bot' accounts promising to recover our money.

In reality, such recovery scams leave victims even further out of pocket and suffering additional trauma, after they pay upfront fees for non-existent services. Which? take you through safer ways to get help recovering money after a scam.

Scam recovery tips

Source: Which? (24 May 2024)

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