This article brought a smile to my face. This does show how 'being in the know' and acting fast can turn the tables on a fraudster. For those who are not legal professionals then taking advice quickly is a must (after taking all the other recommended precautions of reporting.)
Well done Gideon.
www.grantthornton.co.uk/investmentscams
His success offers hope to other fraud victims because it shows banks and customers can recover stolen cash after it has left a victim's account — if they act fast enough. The father-of-two, practising from Ten Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, in London, transferred £20,400 on January 2 after exchanging a series of emails with the imposter posing as his builder. The next day he received a distressing call from his wife Esther, 39, as he dropped his four-year-old daughter at school. The builder had checked his emails and found messages to a number of customers demanding payment to a bank account he did not recognise. He said he hadn't sent the emails and wanted to warn clients he'd been hacked.
