Bank of Scotland Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-4923337 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£50redress stated in the decision

Tue Apr 22deadline 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

failed to prevent him from falling victim to an investment scamAPP scam refund refused

Mr A had significant vulnerabilities that affected his judgement in this caseSupport 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-4923337.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.