Kim Weston: daughter-in-law of scam victim says ASB should have noticed her elderly relative was getting scammed
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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The daughter-in-law of an elderly woman scammed out of $100,000 believes the bank should've picked it up.
The Auckland victim was tricked into sending the money overseas to unlock an imaginary Covid subsidy payment.
Kim Weston say her mother-in-law made 13 international money transfers in person at her local ASB.
"She's been with the bank for 25 years, she'd never transferred any money before- maybe the first one would have been alright, but with the amount of times she's been in there, I thought if would have brought red flags straight away."
The Banking Ombudsman is investigating the case.
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