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A mum with kids requiring refrigerated medicines for cancer rang up with her voice cracking because she could not afford her £5 prepayment top-up and asked to be put onto a credit direct debit.

Lloyds is investigating and has refunded £2,000 relating to debit card transactions Mrs Campbell made under the instruction of the criminal.

After the transfer the scammer asked him to create two virtual debit cards in the app for “testing” purposes and told him to delete the app for extra safety.

It means the typical annual dual-fuel bill paid by direct debit will be £1,717, which might prompt some customers to consider switching to a fixed tariff.

The company processes more than 60% of debit transactions in the US, according to the complaint, bringing in $7bn in fees annually.