Scam Special: Game Changing New Fraud Rules

In a special programme broadcast live from the Atrium in Quay House at MediaCityUK, Paul Lewis discusses a momentous change in the way banks treat customers who have money stolen from their bank accounts by what is called Authorised Push Payment Fraud.

In 2023 a record number of people lost hundreds of millions of pounds to thieves who tricked them, manipulated them and then drained their bank accounts.

On October 7th new rules will come into force which mean nearly all transfers will be covered, so that victims will be refunded in the vast majority of cases up to a limit of £85,000.

Money Box gets hundreds of emails from people who've lost money to scams and frauds and this will be life changing for those who find themselves a victim of this kind of crime.

To mark this change, the team will be joined by a panel of experts and people who've lost thousands of pounds in these sort of scams.

Presenter: Paul Lewis Reporter: Dan Whitworth Researchers: Catherine Lund and Jo Krasner Studio Producer: Sarah Rogers Studio Managers: Pete Smith, Matthew Dempsey and Cameron Ward Editor: Jess Quayle

(First broadcast 12pm Saturday 5th October 2024)