Bank of Scotland Plc

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5239801 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Thu Jun 05deadline 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 H and Mr J complain that Lloyds Bank PLC (Lloyds) won’t refund the money they lost in an investment scam.APP scam refund refused

Mr H and Mr J explain that they are vulnerable, as English is not their first language, and they have little understanding of investments.Support for vulnerable customers

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-5239801.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.