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Kaitlin Easton

Grieving Scots widow targeted by Amazon scam given £2k cash back by bank

A grieving Scots widow whose bank denied her fraud claim after callous scammers stole £2,000 from her savings has received her money back after the Daily Record highlighted her plight.

Margaret Eggatt fell victim to a sophisticated text scam from an unknown number stating she had made a payment to Amazon.

A con artist posed as an Amazon employee and managed to gain access to the pensioner's bank account.

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