A fraudster impersonating my daughter on WhatsApp defrauded me of £6500, and my bank …

A fraudster impersonating my daughter on WhatsApp defrauded me of £6,500, and my bank is unable to recover the funds. After claiming that a fraudster posed as her daughter on WhatsApp, a GRAN was left £6,500 in debt. Teresa Griffiths assumed the texts were sent by her daughter, who was upset about an unpaid bill and offered to pay it. However, she claims the messages were from a scammer, and that the gullible 62-year-old handed over £6,572 before realising she had been duped. Teresa, from Bedfont, West London, was devastated to discover she had lost the money she had been saving for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Las Vegas for her 60th birthday. In June of this year, the single mother of two was targeted, and she claims she was sickened to learn that her bank, Santander, was unable to help her recover the funds. Teresa claims she was relaxing in her garden with friends when she received the first WhatsApp message from the fraudster, which said “hi mum.” The messages continued to say they had dropped their phone down the toilet and had a new number, according to her. “The messages were written exactly how my daughter, Louise, writes texts,”…
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