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06/16/2026
‘I should know better’: tech expert lost £70,000 in one simple phone call
The Guardian
When Tom Honeyands realised he had been defrauded out of £70,000 he was furious and embarrassed – and left wondering if he had given away too many details on his social media videos.
Honeyands was on a work trip to Tokyo when he got a call from someone claiming to be from Lloyds bank. The caller asked if he had made a recent transaction in Singapore and when he said no, the scammer said his account had been compromised and that security details needed to be reset.
The tech reviewer, who has 1.63 million subscribers to his “The Tech Chap” YouTube channel, believes they stitched together a profile on him based on videos he had uploaded.
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