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For your personal details, follow—up call from a spoof number and a man who claims to be calling from the fraud department your bank. these scammers trick people like georgia to move their money to another account. thought this could be a scam. they were so convincing. and ifind myself now, every time my phone goes off with a number i dont recognise, i pick it up like i am expecting them. remember, we will never ask you to transfer money to another account for safekeeping. so—called authoris...

Banks are still not reimbursing scam victims as they should, according to the uks payments watchdog, the psr. last year alone, around one in 450 people in the uk lost money to so—called authorised push payment scams, where fraudsters trick people to transfer money to them. but weve heard banks are continuing to ignore a commitment to pay back their customers losses. last month, our reporter jon ironmonger recorded a conversation with a scam caller, which revealed the lengths that some were pre...

If tonight the federal government is talking about a growing threat, people using a w way to separate seniors from their money. heres correspondent david >> the fcc out within the warming today. scammers are using sophisticated and convincing technology to target elderly consumers. >> dont answer the phone if it comes from the spoof number. if you do answer the phone, do not give out personal information, hang up immediatel immediately. >> chairman and chief i oversee the fcc and is urging those...

Can do. >> not at least right now. we have seen over the past few weeks, and talking about how the fcc has stepped in. you guys, you can block the robocalls. there are things happening now. steps are being taken to stop these. >> bill: how about these calls from tunisia that came out of nowhere the past two weeks? >> they have been able to do that because if you have an internet connection, you can get into our phone system. thats how easy it is. its what they call spoofing. this could be my nei...