A critical care nurse who lost her entire pension pot of £45,000 after scammers sent her one text says she was made to feel like "nothing".

Text message costs nurse £45,000

Tanya Nasir, 45, was found guilty of nine charges including fraud, using a false instrument with intent, possession of articles for use in fraud, and securing unauthorised access to computer material with intent following a trial.

Tanya Nasir lied about her experience to get a senior nursing position in a unit for sick and prematurely born babies in Bridgend. 

Neonatal nurse jailed for five years after faking qualifications 

Lindsay MacCallum stole more than £85,000 from the charity she co-founded with her best friend Angela MacVicar, who lost her daughter Johanna to leukaemia.

Woman stole £85,000 from cancer charity set up in memory of friend's daughter

The scam is currently circulating on Facebook

Bus company warns against falling for scam targeting public

From October 7, UK banks will be required to refund fraud victims up to £85,000 as bank transfer scams totalled almost £460 million last year.

Banks must reimburse bank transfer fraud victims in new refund rules 

Bone cancer victim Sophie Taylor and footballer James Maddison

A gang in Brazil have stolen pictures of Sophie Taylor, who died in 2019, to set up a fake fundraising page.

Scammers steal identity of girl, 5, who died of bone cancer 

Banks will also be required to compensate customers for any interest or late payment fees caused by the delays. 

Bank payments could be delayed by three days under new anti-fraud rules

The accountant stole from his employer for 19 years to fund his gambling addiction. 

Council accountant jailed for five years for stealing £1,000,000

Maxwell Rusey, formerly of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, had pretended to be an army officer involved in 'covert operations' in Mali online

Romance fraudster conned £120,000 out of woman jailed for 5 years

Rita Toor spoke to ITV News Consumer Editor Chris Choi as officials have reduced the amount of compensation banks will pay to fraud victims. 

'I felt so stupid': British business woman scammed out of £436,000

The amount banks are required to compensate for victims of authorised push payment fraud is being cut from £415,000 to £85,000.

How to avoid authorised push payment fraud as officials slash compensation

New research given to ITV News reveals older people are the most likely group to talk back to scammers.

How can you avoid falling victim to a phone or online scam?

His victims believed they had benefitted from successful bets when they were actually receiving money that other members had invested.

Former police sergeant who ran fraudulent betting syndicate jailed

The findings were released ahead of new fraud reimbursement rules coming into force next month.

Fraud is having a lingering impact on mental health, Which? research shows

The ad falsely claims that ITV News journalist Gary Burgess made more than £8,700 using a cryptocurrency trading platform.

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