Fraud victim: 'I got the shakes every time I went online'

When Jonathan Leakey first realised he was the victim of fraud, he felt the ground open up before him.Criminals had sent a text claiming to be from his bank and within minutes had stolen £25,000 from his account.

More people are spending more time internet shopping, online banking, and video calling family and friends - with some doing so for the first time in their lives. Understandably, he was concerned when a text arrived claiming reports of fraudulent activity on his debit card. The message appeared in the same text stream as genuine messages from his bank, but was a spoof.

The shocking reality dawned on him when he tried to log into online banking, was unable to do so, but instead saw a scam warning."I feared I had let down my wife," he said, as he become overwhelmed with guilt and trauma," he said. "I knew I had to take charge of my recovery. For me, that was a campaign to get the money back."

anything on the biden corruption story that twitter sky , bbc and Facebook are trying to suppress ?

The shakes from online? Good god bring back natural selection please!

Paid to bullshit they're fkg everywhere desperate times desperate people yes fk off.

I get the shakes everytime I see tweets from BBCPolitics grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I don't know why banks can't send you a text before money is about to be drawn out?

do you ever post any good news? asking for a friend

Interesting timing. I had a strange encounter the other day. I was a little too trusting, but I very quickly saw the error of my ways and shut it down!! But, I can tell you, I really was wondering when the shoe might drop. Sorry you had such an experience.

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