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Staff at Lockerbie’s Cumberland Building Society branch are gearing up to become the “last bank in town”.

Santander UK has launched a new £200 switching offer which is open to new and existing customers who move their everyday banking to a Santander Edge, 123 Current Account or other eligible current account using the Current Account Switch Service (Cass).

READ MORE: Santander UK extends 2. 5% interest rate offer and increases rates across savings rangeOnce the money is deposited, the scammers will freeze the account and steal the funds, according to Santander. They'll gain access by tricking the victim into downloading remote access Trojan (RAT) software, allowing them to hijack the user's computer, it added.

Santander UK said. Based on the current growth in these frauds, Santander UK is expecting to see an 87 per cent increase in volume of cases in 2022, compared with 2021. Familiar faces are being misused on social media in order to con people out of often life-changing sums of moneyChris Ainsley, head of fraud risk management, Santander UK, said: “We’re seeing a worrying rise in ‘celebrity-endorsed’ cryptocurrency scams, where familiar faces are being misused on social media in order to con people out of often life-changing sums of money.

READ MORE: Drivers face up to £1,000 fines for commonly used 'thank you gestures' on roads The customer clicks on a link and shares their contact details to find out more. They are then contacted by phone, email or social media, and offered high returns with "little or no risk". Fraudsters often use high-pressure sales tactics.

scam involves criminals pretending to be celebrities such as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Holly Willoughby, and even Lewis himself. As reported by The Telegraph, the scammers use fake endorsements from celebrities such as these in an attempt to lure victims into forking over cash. READ MORE — Nicola Sturgeon announces Scottish independence 'referendum' for October 2023These investment scams are expected to double this year, after already rising more than 60% since last November according to Santander.

There's a simple way to get a free £150 Amazon voucher according to Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExpert website. The deal is being given to shoppers who take out a certain type of card.

Customers of some of the country's biggest banking sites have begun to report being locked out of their accounts this morning.

A grieving Scots widow whose bank denied her fraud claim after callous scammers stole £2,000 from her savings has received her money back after the Daily Record highlighted her plight.

scammers posing as Amazon staff stole more than £2,000 from her bank account.Margaret Eggett, 68, received a text message from an unknown number stating she had made a £79.99 payment to Amazon.The pensioner, who lives alone in Livingston, Scotland after her husband Michael died last year, called the phone number to query the payment because she didn't hold an account with the retail giant.Margaret said she spoke to a man who claimed to work for the e-commerce company.She said the man apologised for the business' mistake and told Margaret to download an app called AnyDesk to get a refund.Unknown to the pensioner, the app is a remote assistance software and allows someone to access your device if you provide a code.Shortly after, Margaret noticed more than £2,000 had been taken from her bank account in two payments.The heartbroken gran has been left in debt from the theft, leaving her overdrawn just weeks before a dream two-week cruise around the Mediterranean.Her bank Santander has also denied her two fraud claims in a bid to retrieve her missing cash.She told the Record that she noticed £999.99 and a further £1080 had come out of her account while she was on the call. She said: "Now I've been left in debt.

Around two million mortgage borrowers will have to find the money to pay higher monthly repayments after the Bank of England raised interest rates from 0.75 to 1% on Thursday.

flash sale with cheap trips to hotspot destinations like Spain and Italy. You’ll have to be quick to snap up the deals – which include flights as cheap as £5 – as it ends tonight.Ryanair announced the sale and stated Brits could fly as broad from just £16.99.However, even cheaper bargain flights can be found in the sale.Incredibly cheap flights, from Manchester Airport to Santander in Spain cost just £4.99.For the same price, you can jet from London Stansted to Tripani in Italy or Budapest in Hungary.

Barcelona hijacked Real Madrid's move for top starlet Pablo Torre courtesy of a video call from manager Xavi Hernandez.The midfield maestro, 18, has amassed seven goals and nine assists for Racing Santander in the Spanish third division this season, putting him firmly on the wish-list of Europe's most elite clubs.Despite keen interest from abroad, in the Premier League and Bundesliga, it was Barcelona who won the race of his signature with Torre penning a deal until 2026.Needing a clear pathway to first-team football, the youngster's mind was made up via a personal video call from the Blaugrana boss.Xavi's high-possession football is said to appeal to Torre who is also also excited at the prospect of forming long-term partnerships with fellow wonderkids Pedri and Gavi.The Athletic state that the Barca manager and Chief Executive Officer Mateu Alemany lead the way in the race to sign the 18-year-old.But it was the clear route to senior football that swung the decision for Torre as the La Liga leaders wanted him to join as an academy signing.The report claims that Real Madrid’s approach was headed up by the Fabrica recruitment team and initially Torre was to be placed into their development squad.HAVE YOUR SAY! Is Xavi the man to lead Barcelona back to their glory days? Let us know in the comments section.It wasn't until the player had already chosen Barca that Los Blancos' CEO Jose Angel Sanchez joined conversations.The Catalan juggernauts paid a measly £4.1m to secure the signing but attainable add-ons mean that the total value of the transfer is £16.5million.And Xavi raved about his new signing when speaking to the press ahead of their fixture against Osasuna.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football

money.It means more checks, like texts or a call to your phone, will be required to finalise certain online payments.UK Finance, which represents the banking industry, says SCA will be activated for almost all online purchases above £25.And multiple low-value payments could also prompt a request for verification.There will be exemptions for non-electronic payments like cheques, direct debit payments, and mail and telephone orders.For regular payments, like Netflix, SCA won't be required every time but it might be needed at first when it's set up.But many providers, like Santander, NatWest and Nationwide, said they will not be offering this.Each bank will have a different definition of what counts as a "risky" transaction.The rules mean it is important for customers to keep their contact details up to date with their bank.In a worst case scenario, you could risk having payments declined or blocked if your bank doesn't do these checks.Don't forget it is important to remain vigilant when it comes to receiving phone calls from someone who you believe is your bank.Want all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter

cartel is waging war on official security forces with tactics used by Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Land mines and drones are now part of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel's (CJNG) arsenal as the deadly group continues to shed blood in Michoacán.Their recent attacks have been compared to those suffered by US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past two decades.

Nearly a quarter of a million current account switches took place during the last three months of 2021, as the number of customers ditching their bank to move elsewhere accelerated.

Brits on Universal Credit and State Pension have been warned about payment bans brought in by some banks.

AMANDA Holden’s lookalike daughter, Lexi, is being wooed by a number of top modelling agencies. The 15-year-old is set to follow in her multi-millionaire mum’s footsteps with a string of lucrative commercial deals — but will not start working until she turns 16 next month.

High street lender Santander has accidentally paid out £130 million to tens of thousands of people and businesses in a Christmas Day blunder.

Rangers "lead the race" to sign Paris Saint-Germain youngster Xavi Simons, according to a report.

Rangers are keeping tabs on Spanish kid Pablo Torre.