Barclays Bank UK PLC

Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-5822437 Not upheld

Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman

—no sum stated

Wed Dec 24deadline 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 S complains that Barclays Bank UK PLC won’t refund money he lost when he was a victim of a crypto investment scam.APP scam refund refused

R also confirmed Mr S had no prior investment experience, and they highlighted how his ill-health made him vulnerable to the scam.Support for vulnerable customers

Rules cited

Payment Services Regulations 2017

Source

This page summarises the Ombudsman’s published final decision. The document itself is the record: DRN-5822437.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.