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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5225748 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
£500redress stated in the decision
Thu Jan 01deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
In the Ombudsman’s words
Mrs J complains that Bank of Scotland plc trading as Halifax didn’t do enough to protect her from the financial harm caused by an investment scam, or to help her recover the money once she’d reported the scam to it.APP scam refund refused
Source
This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5225748.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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