She and Phillip Schofield are regularly joined by money experts on This Morning who warn against scammers trying to scam people’s money.
And, during Monday’s episode of the show, Holly Willoughby, 41, revealed she was almost tricked into giving her bank details by a scammer via text message.
The presenter recalled the chilling incident, admitting it wasn’t until she clicked and asked for her bank details that she realized it was a scam.
OH MY GOD! During Monday’s installment of This Morning, Holly Willoughby, 41, revealed she was nearly tricked into giving her bank details by a scammer via text message.
During a segment on texting scams, Holly told viewers, “The number of times we talk about it and I did the other day.”
“It was a text about a delivery that had to be redelivered. And I thought, ‘Oh yeah, I probably have to pay for redelivery’.
“It wasn’t until I clicked and saw you had to enter your bank details and I thought, ‘Oh my god, don’t’ and I deleted it.” Even though we talk about it all the time.
Phillip added that Holly had come “a long way” in filling in the information requested by the scammers, before realizing the truth, to which she admitted: “I did it, I did it, I did it. do.”
Regular feature: She and Phillip Schofield are regularly joined by money experts on This Morning who warn of scammers trying to scam people’s money
So close ! The presenter recalled the chilling incident, admitting it wasn’t until she clicked and asked for her bank details that she realized it was a scam.
When asked what led her to determine it was a scam, Holly replied: “The moment I saw the bank details I thought, ‘Oh, d’ okay, I understood “.”
Holly’s admission comes just months after Strictly star Helen Skelton revealed how she lost her £70,000 savings in an internet banking scam.
The Countryfile presenter admitted she felt ‘really stupid’ after falling victim to an internet banking scam in 2019, after answering a few questions during a “questionable” phone call from what she believed to be her bank.
She explained: “I mean come on – even as an adult it’s so easy to fall victim to a fraudster. I did it – it happened to me. It makes you feel really stupid. But it’s happened to so many people who aren’t stupid.
Horrible: Holly’s admission comes just months after Strictly star Helen Skelton revealed how she lost her £70,000 savings in an internet banking scam
Helen went on to explain how falling victim to a scammer is “easy to do” as everyone spends so much of their lives online.
She wrote: “I personally know the pain of being the victim of a fraud, so it is extremely important to me that my children are equipped to detect a scam, even in the seemingly innocuous environment of a video game.”
Helen, who is mother to sons Ernie and Louis and daughter Elsie, nine months, with her ex-husband, England rugby league player Richie Myler, previously revealed she looked after her children when she received the “shady” phone call.
During an appearance on ITV Lorraine three years ago, Helen recalled: ‘I was called by the bank, told me something fishy had happened with my account.
“A week later £70,000 was gone. All gone. And it was just a few questions over the phone.
Shocking: Helen revealed in 2019 that she had been scammed out of a staggering £70,000 after answering a fake phone call she thought was from her bank
The former Blue Peter presenter added: “I had a kid in a tree, one wrestling with the dog, another dog throwing up the kids birthday cake, then they phoned me from the bank and said, “Oh, something happened. You don’t ask your bank.
Helen explained how the scam happens “every day of the week” to unsuspecting members of the public, adding: “We’re not talking about little old ladies who are victims who don’t understand the internet, it’s a extremely naive assumption.
“It happens to people and they’re too embarrassed to say it happened.”
Detailing how she broke down after the news, Helen added: ‘I cried buckets when I realised. This money was intended for the future of my children. I was thinking about my kids and how I should work even harder and not see them to try to get it back.
“But it wasn’t just about the money. I felt sick when I realized I had spoken to the guy who was stealing from me. It felt like a complete violation.
