Have you recently received a call from someone introducing themselves as a close friend or relative, addressing you by name, only to soon ask for money, claiming a failed transaction by another family member? Beware! This is a new scam that scammers are using to trick people.

The scammers told the person there were fraudulent transactions on their account

The high street giant, which is rivalled by the likes of HSBC UK, Santander, Lloyds, Nationwide, NatWest and more, has issued a response over a scam doing the rounds on social media.