Wells Fargo hit by bombshell lawsuit claiming its own system flagged scam but STILL gave customer's life savings to crooks - just weeks after a grandmother lost $150K
Daily MailCourt papers allege the bank's system flagged calls were from a phone number that did not belong to Thomas Murrer - but still allowed fraudulent transactions A Wells Fargo customer who was conned out of more than $30,000 by scammers has hit the bank with a bombshell lawsuit that claims its anti-fraud security checks are not fit for purpose. Wells Fargo has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over its lax security measures after multiple victims lost thousands to scammers impersonating the bank's fraud department Bombshell court documents seen by DailyMail.com allege that the bank's internal system flagged that calls made by the scammers were from a number which did not belong to Murrer - yet they allowed the transaction to take place anyway It comes just over a week after San Diego grandmother Judith Anderson revealed she lost over $150,000 in an eerily similar rouse. Wells Fargo has been slapped with a class-action lawsuit over its lax security measures after plaintiff Thomas Murrer lost $30,000 to scammer impersonating the bank's fraud department. Like Murrer, Anderson received a call from scammers impersonating Wells Fargo's fraud department who coerced her into giving them access to her account and draining it of $147,000.
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Column: How Wells Fargo exploited a binding arbitration clause to deflect customers’ fraud allegations
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