Hollyoaks' Adam Rickitt says scammers took £50K in first interview after being 'completely conned'

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Adam Rickitt gave his first interview on Wednesday's Good Morning Britain after he was "completely conned" out of "tens of thousands of pounds" in a horror bank fraud incident.

The 44 year old actor, who is known for playing Kyle Kelly in hit soap Hollyoaks between 2017 and 2020, was joined by his wife Katy, who is a GMB correspondent.

During the chat, host Susanna Reid, who admitted she too would have fallen victim as it was very "persuasive" and he did "everything that he could" to verify who the people were, asked how much they had lost during the scam.To which Adam revealed: "We lost £50,000...

just shy of that, so £49,500.The scary thing is, that wasn't what they were aiming for.They weren't aiming for the £49,500, they were aiming to empty our entire business account. "It was purely by chance after this two, three hour process, that I was able to spot that the money, that I was told would never be leaving our account, had actually been left and it wasn't [his bank] he was speaking to." Adam insisted that his bank has been "fantastic" throughout the process of solving the crime and that they were notified on Tuesday that their funds have come back.