Re:Deliveroo users are getting defrauded
by philpem on Thursday January 24, 2019 @10:28AM
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Can confirm that the police fraud report helps grease the gears (in the UK, this is done through Action Fraud).
The bank went from "we won't help you" to "oh, we'll fix that" about as soon as I told them I had a crime reference number...
I guess this has something to do with the penalties for making a false police report being much higher (in criminal law terms) than lying to a bank.
Additionally, you can and should file a police report for fraud when hit with such a scheme, it makes dealing with your card-issuing bank and the CRAs so much easier.