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Financial Ombudsman decision DRN-6171581 Not upheld
Not upheldoutcome, as published by the Ombudsman
—no sum stated
Tue Mar 31deadline to accept (not the decision date)
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What this decision was about
In the Ombudsman’s words
Miss P complains about Bank of Scotland plc (trading as ‘Halifax’). She says that Halifax didn’t do enough to protect her when she fell victim to a scam and would like it to refund her the money she has lost.APP scam refund refused
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-6171581.pdf on financial-ombudsman.org.uk.
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