Re: "'Scammers stole £40k after EDF gave out my number"

On 2025-03-05 15:33, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-03-05 14:25, Frank Slootweg wrote:

Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
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Fortunately, the victim has had his 40k refunded.

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    Do you have a reference - with details - for that? I.e. who accepted
responsibility for which fault(s)?

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Quote: «National Savings and Investments said it had refunded him the
money taken from his account.»
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And that's the £40000, because earlier it reads (quote):
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«Worse news was to come, when he learned his National Savings and
Investments password had been changed.
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"After an hour of talking to different people there, they said, 'You've
actually taken out a very large amount of premium bonds, over £40,000',"
said Stephen.»

    Thanks for that! I apparently overlooked the first quote. I only saw
the £50 "goodwill gesture" from EDF, which was a clear insult and so was
the £125 "goodwill gesture" from O2 Virgin Media.

The article has the information not in order, spread all over the text. The refund line is very near the end.
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Cheers, Carlos.