Lloyds Bank PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5054800 Upheld

Upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

£1,661redress stated in the decision

Thu Jun 26deadline 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

Mr W complains that Lloyds Bank PLC (’Lloyds’) won’t reimburse the funds he lost when he fell victim to a scam.APP scam refund refused

He said that at the time he made the payments he was vulnerable as he was in his 70s and lacked knowledge of scams and technology.Support 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-5054800.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.