A Kirklees nursery owner who received thousands of pounds from someone posing as a parent has spoken out about this ‘new type of scam’.
The chilling fraud, in which a parent’s bank account was hacked, could leave a nursery liable to a claim from parents, insurance experts said.
The nursery owner, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Nursery World, ‘He introduced himself, giving the parent’s name. He said, “I’ve made this payment of £5,000 into your account by mistake. I meant to pay my brother who has a similar name. Can you send it back? Here are my bank details.” I said don’t worry – if that payment has gone into my account, we will sort it out.’
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