Weekly News #8

Tesco Bank customers lose money to 'fraudsters'



Source: BBC News

Customers have been noticing that money has been going missing from there accounts which has left a numerous amount of complaints being made. The company have noticed the suspicious activity on some customer accounts. Tesco bank has stated that any money that has been withdrawn from there bank will be fully refunded within 24 business hours.
  
Alan Baxter has stated that 600 pounds disappeared from his bank leaving him with only £21.88 in his bank account. Many other customers have complained to Tesco bank about how they woke up one morning to learn that there money had just vanished into thin air.
I chose this article because I feel that people should be more careful when it comes to money because luckily for these people they are getting there money back, which I only think that there giving the money back because there was a group of them that had there money taken out of there bank. 

Comments

  1. Unknown6 November 2016 at 21:48

    maybe you could say how this relates to the media course

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  2. Unknown9 November 2016 at 10:04

    This is a good piece of work but it would of been better if you went in to more details.

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  3. Unknown12 November 2016 at 15:40

    Write more about the issues and remember to find information in the news story about representation and the themes.

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