A woman was left with just £1.61 to her name after being conned out of thousands of pounds. Vicki Jones alleges she lost a staggering £10,500 to fraudsters.

Phone scammers often lure victims with incentives such as bill discounts, leading people to divulge personal information like credit and debit card details.

And Vicki claims that scammers, purporting to be from a bank where she holds two accounts, told her she needed to transfer money into a new holding account as her finances were at risk.

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The 44-year-old, hailing from West Derby, Merseyside, also alleges they fabricated communications from Action Fraud.

Speaking to the Liverpool ECHO, Vicki said: "They [the scammers] rang me to say that there had

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