This Morning star scammed out of £19k in 'low point' that left him 'too worried to sleep' Do YOU have a story? Email [email protected] By Chikamso Chukwuenyem For Mailonline Published: 06:09 EDT, 6 August 2024 | Updated: 06:21 EDT, 6 August 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A This Morning star has revealed how he was scammed out of £19k leading to a 'low point' that left him 'too worried to sleep'. On his LBC radio programme, Matthew Wright bravely opened up about the terrifying moment he realised he had been swindled on Monday.
The presenter, 59, told listeners that the fraudsters impersonated courier company Evri , telling him he'd missed his laptop delivery. He believed this because the scam took place not long after Matthew had moved house, meaning he had been receiving many bits and pieces through the post. In an email, the scammers asked Matthew to pay just £2.
50 for a redelivery through an unassuming link - and Matthew went ahead and entered his personal information. A This Morning star revealed on Monday that he was scammed out of £19k leading to a 'low point' that left him 'too worried to sleep' On his LBC radio weekend programme, Matthew Wright bravely opened up about the terrifying moment he realised he had been swindled The presenter told listeners that the fraudsters impersonated courier company Evri and asked him to pay £2.50 for a 'redelivery' - thus getting ahold of his details However, that was just the beginning of this thorough scam.
Explaining he'd been in Tesco at the time of the email, the The Wright Stuff host explained: 'I thought no more of it. Next day the laptop turned up. It wasn’t delivered by Evri.
'Later in that day, I got a message from American Express asking if I’d clicked on a link for an Evri scam. I said yeah I had.' Matthew spent the next hour on the phone with someone claiming to be from his credit card company and 'going through the details of the scam and discussing charges on my account'.
He said: 'This incredibly helpful man also said he was notifying my bank to let them know about it. At the end of this very long conversation, he hung up saying: "You’ll probably hear from the bank next." 'I hung up the phone and, within about ten seconds, it was my bank listing all these dodgy transactions on my accounts, saying I had to change all my logins, my password.
'I then told them what my login and password were so they could be changed. And, I still hadn’t twigged. 'And then I hung up and then I got another call from my bank and I said: "Oh, it’s funny, I’ve just been talking to your colleagues.
" And they said: "Oh really?"' Unbelievably, the fraudsters actually delivered a laptop before masquerading as Matthew's bank and getting him to change his password - giving them full access to Matthew's money His bank managed to reverse all transactions bar one for £19,000. Matthew revealed this was the second time he had been scammed, and the stress left him fretting the night away Finally, Matthew realised what happened. He recalled: 'I hadn’t been talking to their colleagues, I’d been talking to scammers.
Scam American Express, scam bank.' While Matthew's bank was able to cancel most of the transactions, one for £19,000 couldn't be retrieved. Read More This Morning star Matthew Wright rushed to hospital for a THIRD time with 'screaming grinding pain' The journalist explained: 'American Express were absolutely amazing.
'My new card arrived days earlier than expected - all transactions cancelled, all the dodgy transactions cancelled, incredibly reassuring, and very polite. 'My bank, on the day of the fraud, when I actually spoke to them, said: "Don’t worry, we’ll look after you." 'Yesterday, I looked back and saw that every transaction that they read back to me, all but one had been stopped, one of them, for £19,000 appeared to have been allowed to go through, a standing order.
' Matthew added: 'I’d been asking my bank for the last 48 hours if and when I’m going to get my money back, and so far they’re refusing to tell me, which I can tell you is doing my head in.' He then bravely explained the extent to which the scam had affected him. Matthew added that believed his vulnerability to the scam was heightened due to the excruciating unexplained pain in his neck, which requires heavy medication to subdue Matthew said: 'This is the second time I’ve fallen prey to the scammers, and once again I find myself kept awake at night worrying and fretting.
' He spoke out about his experience to warn others about the increasing sophistication of online scams. Matthew added that believed his vulnerability to the scam was heightened due to the excruciating unexplained pain in his neck, which requires heavy medication to subdue. In July, Matthew was rushed to hospital for a third time due to 'screaming grinding pain' in his neck.
Matthew isn't the only celebrity to be targeted by scammers recently - last week Denise Welch revealed on Loose Women how she was left ' feeling ridiculous and trusting no-one ' after being tricked on the phone. TV content ITV This Morning Daytime TV Tesco Share or comment on this article: This Morning star scammed out of £19k in 'low point' that left him 'too worried to sleep' e-mail Add comment.
