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Times
12-05-2025
- Times
The scamming scourge seems to be outwitting police
As Marks & Spencer and the Co-op continue to deal with the fallout from recent cyberattacks, it is worth remembering that millions of us are targeted daily for our money in ways that are no less worrying. Today we report on the case of Colin Chudley, who died last month after being driven to despair by scammers. The criminals had cynically and skillfully persuaded him to part with nearly £260,000. The fraud was sophisticated and relentless, even continuing after his death, when his widow, Greta, opened post falsely suggesting Colin was due in court. So brazen are these crooks that when our reporter contacted them by phone, they calmly accused her of making 'heinous' allegations. • Frauds stole £260k from Colin before he died.
Times
11-05-2025
- Business
- Times
Frauds stole £260k from Colin before he died. We called them up
Seven months ago Greta Chudley returned home to find her husband of 30 years, Colin, sitting with his head in his hands, crying. His devastation was so out of character that at first she feared a relative had died. 'All he could say was, 'No, I've done something stupid',' Chudley recalled. ''I've lost all my savings, my investments, my pension pot — everything'. And I just broke down in tears.' For weeks Colin, 68, had been living with a terrible secret. He had lost every penny of the £260,000 he had set aside for their retirement and to help their 26-year-old daughter Hannah buy her first home. He had been the victim of an elaborate and coercive scam in which the fraudsters used the details
