Bank of Scotland Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-2329676 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Tue Jul 20deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

APP scam refund refused, Support for vulnerable customers

In the Ombudsman’s words

Ms M complains that Bank of Scotland plc won’t refund money she lost when she fell victim to a scam.APP scam refund refused

Ms M complained to Bank of Scotland, as she didn’t believe it protected her and that it failed to log details that she was vulnerableSupport for vulnerable customers

Rules cited

CRM Code (APP scam reimbursement)

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-2329676.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.