News about Judith Anderson

Two more Wells Fargo customers have revealed how they lost their life savings to scammers as the bank faces a spate of lawsuits questioning the robustness of its anti-fraud measures. Retired opera singer Jolinda Crocker, 63, was conned out of $60,000 by criminals while accountant Judy Burr, 75, says she lost $23,000 in an eerily similar rouse. Neither of the women - both grandmothers - has received a refund from the bank. Wells Fargo has been hit with a raft of lawsuits accusing its security measures of not being fit for purpose in recent months. DailyMail.com uncovered audio transcripts from one case which allegedly highlight the moment a bank employee allowed a scammer to steal a customer's $100,000 life savings in less than ten minutes.

An elderly couple has detailed how they lost $1.4 million to an elaborate six-month scam in which fraudsters impersonated Homeland Security and prevented them from talking to family members. Lana Browne, 82, and her husband Ed Johnson were tricked by fraudsters who said that international cyber criminals had attacked their bank accounts in China, Russia, and Bolivia. They were then compelled to cash out their lifesavings and investments, which were supposed to fund Ed, 91, who is suffering from tongue cancer, but they were then prompted to pay for future hospice care. The terrifying tale follows three people after three victims came forward to say that they had lost life-changing sums of money to criminals who appear to be from Wells Fargo's fraud department.

According to leaked audio transcripts, a Wells Fargo worker was able to take $100,000 of their customer's money in fewer than ten minutes. Alice Fries, 59, was approached by criminals posing as the bank's fraud department, who coerced her into handing over her personal information in exchange for access to her account. However, recordings that were released in a new lawsuit claim to document a shocking phone call in which a Wells Fargo employee bypasses the company's own anti-fraud policy to enable the crooks to move Fries' lifesavings. The staff member is expected to admit it is a "unusual amount of money," which is why 'the account has been flagged.' The mother-of-one hasn't received a refund from the bank beyond an offer of a $50 'courtesy credit.'

The fraud software in Wells Fargo sparked the suspicion of a dodgy deal, but the bank allowed it to happen anyway. It now faces a class-action lawsuit. Thomas Murrer, 35, was scammed out of $30,000 by scammers. Wells Fargo's systems had warned that the callers were from a number that did not belong to Murrer, but that they had accepted the calls nonetheless. The scammers were also accused of calling from that number AGAIN just three months after to impersonate a different Wells Fargo client, which was astonish.

A grandmother has shared how she lost $150,000 to cruel scammers impersonating Wells Fargo just days before Christmas, but she has yet to receive a refund from the bank. Judith Anderson has been a Wells Fargo customer for more than five decades, and when she received a call from what seemed to be their number she picked up straight away. However, it was actually fraudsters who had spoofed the bank's contact information and impersonated its fraud department. They said her account had been compromised and drained of thousands of dollars before compelled her to hand over her information under the guise of assisting her.