He knows some details about the man’s family, and even the identity of the accomplice that helped to run the scam. Yet despite all this Kelly says there is nothing the police or his bank can do about it. SponsoredIt was in 2015 that Kelly, now 87, a retired vet from Exeter, got an email from a solicitor he was using to buy a property. The email contained a bank account number and sort code to which to send a deposit. He was told that the name on the account was that of his solicitor.

Source: The Times June 04, 2021 15:45 UTC