‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:00:36 GMT

After falling for a scam call, ‘The Tech Chap’ host Tom Honeyands realised he’d given away vital details in social media postsWhen Tom Honeyands realised he had been defrauded out of £70,000 he was furious and embarrassed – and left wondering if he had given away too many details on his social media vidoes.Honeyands was on a work trip to Tokyo when he got a call from someone claiming to be from Lloyds bank. The caller asked if he had made a recent transaction in Singapore and when he said no, the scammer said his account had been compromised and that security details needed to be reset. Continue reading...

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