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Barclays Scam Can I get my money back?

Fraud victims of the bank often ask us “will Barclays refund scammed money?” The simple answer is maybe. Depending on what happened, you may be able to get your money back where you lost funds to an APP fraud.

refundfix can help you to get your money back by representing you, and you can find out more in a free fraud victim consultation with refundfix. You can also do your case yourself, by following our free fraud reclaim guide.

Barclays is a very large bank operating in the United Kingdom and therefore has a huge number of customers in the UK. The fraud figures for each bank have not been published publicly, so there is no exact figure on how many Barclays customers fall victim to fraud or how many are refunded. However, some victims of scams have reported feeling abandoned by the bank with no refund given when they’ve lost money to a scam.

Unfortunately, being the victim of a scam can have a huge impact on a person’s confidence which means people often don’t try and get their money back from their bank. Therefore when you’ve lost money to a scam and the Barclays fraud team have said no to a refund, you shouldn’t always accept that answer.

What are the common types of Barclays scams?

Barclays customers are losing their funds to authorised push payment fraud, or APP fraud. This is where you send funds from your bank account thinking it is for a legitimate purpose, but it turns out that the person that received the funds is a scammer.

Common types of APP scams include:

Romance Scams
Investment Scams
Safe Account Scams
Invoice Scams
Purchase Scams

We have provided full details of these types of scams on our website, where you can see specific examples of how these scams work. APP scams have grown massively in size in recent years, with fraud losses in 2021 topping £583.2 millionin the UK and almost 200,000 cases being recorded. We believe this is probably well below the true figure.

If you lost your funds to a scam from your Barclays account, we could help you to get your money back from your bank. Often when you tell the bank, they will explain why they think you are responsible for the funds that were lost. But you don’t need to accept that answer, and figures have shown that a very large number of cases refused by their banks have been overturned on appeal. refundfix can help to get your money back from the bank if you have been scammed.

Watch out for new Barclays scams

Safe account scams

The firms customer we mentioned earlier fell victim to a safe account scam, which is a type of bank impersonation. This is where the scammer pretends to be the bank, and convinces the victim they need to move the money out of the account because it is under threat.

The victim in that case said:

“I received a text message supposedly from Barclays' fraud team, warning me about a fraudulent transaction and to expect a phone call. Shortly after I received a call from an 02476 Barclays phone number, so I believed it to be from my bank.”

This is a common approach used by scammers to target the bank's customers, as well as customers from all other banks.

Fraudsters can ‘spoof’ banks' numbers or create numbers extremely similar to the banks, meaning the call or SMS appears to come from the bank. With SMS messages, they can also join the chain of previously trusted SMS messages received from the bank again making them seem legitimate.

They use this to convey legitimacy and convince you that it is the bank on the phone trying to protect your funds. They promote a ‘safe account’ set up for you to transfer the money to, but unfortunately this account is one controlled by the scammers. In that case, Barclays did not appear to have refunded the victim despite the convincing nature of the scam.

A famous actor recently fell victim to a similar type of scam impersonating Barclays where they called from the bank’s phone number, and warned the public to watch out for the warning signs.

Number spoofing SMS scams

you have lost money to APP fraud from your Barclays account, refundfix could help you get your money back from your bank and you can fill in our fraud refund claim form for a free consultation. Our fee is 15% plus VAT on anything that we get back, and we don't charge anything if we are not successful. For larger cases, the fee is subject to a maximum of £10k plus VAT per case.

Remember you don’t need to use a company like refundfix, you could work your case yourself for free! If you’d like to get a refund yourself, you can do this by following our bank transfer refund guide.

Customers often ask if they can get money back if they paid by bank transfer, or if they can get money back if they pay by BACS. The answer is yes, victims of scams may be able to get their funds when they paid by either of these methods.

Cost of living scams

Will Barclays refund scammed money?

If you have lost money to APP fraud from your Barclays account, refundfix could help you get your money back from your bank and you can fill in our fraud refund claim form for a free consultation. Our fee is 15% plus VAT on anything that we get back, and we don’t charge anything if we are not successful. For larger cases, the fee is subject to a maximum of £10k plus VAT per case. Remember you don’t need to use a company like refundfix, you could work your case yourself for free! If you’d like to get a refund yourself, you can do this by following our bank transfer refund guide. Customers often ask if they can get money back if they paid by bank transfer, or if they can get money back if they pay by BACS. The answer is yes, victims of scams may be able to get their funds when they paid by either of these methods.

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