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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-3315591 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£1,000redress stated in the decision
Wed May 18deadline to accept (not the decision date)

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What this decision was about

APP scam refund refused, Complaint handling

In the Ombudsman’s words

Ms H complains about the actions of HSBC UK Bank Plc when she was tricked into transferring money as a result of a scam.APP scam refund refused
Ms H said she was unhappy HSBC had allowed the payment to be sent and with how HSBC handled the matter when she raised the scam.Complaint handling

Rules cited

CRM Code (APP scam reimbursement), Payment Services Regulations 2017

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-3315591.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.