Horrified Holly Willoughby tells This Morning viewers 'don't do it' after she was almost tricked by scammer
11.10.2022 - 12:37
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Holly Willoughby pleaded with viewers 'don't do it' as she revealed how she was almost the victim of a text scam. The presenter shared her story while appearing on This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield on Monday (October 10).
The pair were joined on programme by Scam Buster Alexis Conran who was offering tips and advice to viewers amid a rise in fraudsters using the cost of living crisis to target victims. And despite often warning viewers about and interviewing victims of such scams, Holly, 41, revealed how she almost became a scam victim herself.
During the segment on scam text messages, the mum-of-three said: "The amount of times we talk about it and I did it the other day. It was a text about a delivery that needed re-delivering. And I thought, ''Oh yeah, I probably do need to pay the re-delivery'.'"
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She went on: "It was only when I clicked and saw you had to enter your bank details and I thought, 'Oh my god, don't do it' and deleted it. Even though we talk about it all the time." Her co-host Phillip said she had gone a long way into filling in the information before realising her error. "I did, I did, I did," Holly admitted.
When asked what made her realise it was a scam, Holly replied: "The moment I saw bank details I though, 'Oh ok, I get this.'" Thankfully, Holly realised before it was it too late.
Holly's own admission comes just months after Strictly Come Dancing star Helen Skelton revealed how she lost her £70k life savings in internet banking scam. The Countryfile presenter admitted she felt 'really stupid' after falling for the scam in 2019, after answering a few questions during a 'dodgy' phone call from what