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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2216777 Upheld
Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£50redress stated in the decision
Wed Oct 28deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
In the Ombudsman’s words
telling Mr M that a call to him about a refund payment was in fact a scam, and his bank account was at risk, was a serious mistake to make.Complaint handling
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2216777.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
The outcome shown is the Ombudsman’s own published classification, not our reading of the text. Nothing here is legal advice, and a decision concerns only the complaint it was made about.