A businesswoman has told how she was was cleared out of her life savings after falling victim to a scam. Dog trainer Millie from Sussex was already suffering from the financial implications of the coronavirus crisis when she was targeted in a sophisticated number spoofing plot.
During the pandemic, she got a text from what she thought was 02, her mobile provider. The message claimed they had not processed her latest bill and directed her to click the link provided to enter her details again.
As the 02 website the link directed her to seemed realistic, Millie went ahead and entered her personal details, as reported by the Daily Express. A few days later she received a phone call from who she thought was someone at the HSBC fraud team. They told her that someone had tried to take out a direct debit on her card.
