DS has been scammed - is there anything he can do to get the money back?

[TabithaTiger]

My DS (20) stupidly sent money to someone selling football tickets on Twitter. Of course it was as fake account that immediately disappeared once they money was received 😡

He's gutted as travelled all the way to London to watch the match and him and his mate have lost £150 each.

Does anyone know if the bank are likely to refund the money? Or is this something he'll just have to chalk up as experience?

Worth looking at money saving expert site for advice on this. There are rules re credit and debit cards I think where u can claim from the bank

If it was a bank transfer he will not get the money back.

If it was a bank transfer then that’s tough as he more likely won’t get the money back.
He can raise a scam claim through his bank though and they’ll contacts the receiving bank to see if they can recover any funds, if the scammer hasn’t spent it all

It will depend how he labelled the transfer - Family, Goods and Services etc. Even then there is a flag warning for new payees and scams so they may not refund. How much research did he do beforehand?

Call the bank and ask. That's the sensible first port of call and see what they say once they've looked into it.

If he labelled it as “buying goods or services” he will potentially have a good chance of getting it back!

He should still report it, you never know if the money is still sitting in the account. You never know what happened the person who scammed him might have had a heart attack right after or got locked out of their account (maybe because of other reported frauds) and the money might be still sitting in there, it isn't likely but it's worth a shot.

How did he pay?