Adam Rickitt

The soap actor, 44, who starred as Nick Tilsley in Corrie between 1997 to 1999, appeared on the ITV breakfast programme on Wednesday morning. Rickitt appeared ...

He concluded by saying that real change is needed and that "the system itself needs to catch up the scammers." For more information about these types of scams and how to protect yourself, visit the The actor went on to thank Barclays for all their support following the scam and has since gotten all of his money back. "I can't even begin to suggest how to protect yourself as I thought I was doing everything right...but please just be aware there's people out there who know exactly how to play the system." "I know we all think we know what to do or how to react...but honestly I have never known the stress it created over the course of the scam... - Call the number on the back of your bank card The actor said that he took every precaution to ensure he was talking to his bank by asking the scammers to confirm his history with Barclays and even his most recent transactions. "Alas the former wasn't true..they managed to duplicate everything I thought to be safe...they knew everything about me and my history with the bank... Initially, the actor was nervous to come forward as he explained in his original Instagram post. He added: "I was 100 per cent sure it was the bank, that they were helping me and that I wasn't even transferring funds or giving any details away. Speaking live from Cheshire to presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls, the soap star explained he lost just shy of £50,000 after the fraudsters convinced him he was a victim of Identity Fraud. [Coronation Street](https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/19979377.itv-coronation-street-announce-plans-expand-uks-most-watched-soap/) and Hollyoaks star Adam Rickitt has issued a warning to [Good Morning Britain](https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/19593793.good-morning-britains-richard-madeley-slammed-itv-viewers-africa-remark/) viewers after being 'scammed out of thousands'.

Just a few days after he was scammed out of thousands of pounds, former soap star Adam Rickitt was pictured hard at work in his Cheshire bar as got stuck ...

He said how the fraudsters knew everything about him and his history with the bank. "Long and short of it was he explained to me that someone had been into the Crewe branch and had attempted to withdraw money. Be safe x." He said the only way that person could do that was using my driving licence and my passport and my signature," he continued. "CONFESSION TIME! "While I was on the phone to him on my laptop I even went on the Barclay’s website to check the number he was calling from and sure enough it was the Barclay’s fraud number.

ADAM RICKITT opened up about the moment he realised scammers had posed as his bank account and drained £50000 from his bank account.

"You need to ring them from an entirely different phone. Discussing how they managed to get his money and the precautionary steps he took, Adam admitted that the scammers "knew too much" leaving him susceptible to their plan. "I thought, 'I would have fallen victim to that'. "Just hang up the phone and call the fraud department yourself, the second you engage with them you will lose, they will break you." "The text said I will be getting a call from a member of the fraud department, the number they called me on, the first thing I did was go onto the Barclays website and it was the same number. "And it occurred to me that you did everything that you could to try and verify who these people were, how much did you lose during the scam?"

The Coronation Street and Hollyoaks heartthrob has thrown himself into running his beautiful gin bar after being "completely conned" in an elaborate ...

"It was a scam," he said in the video. He explained: "Long and short of it was he explained to me that someone had been into the Crewe branch and had attempted to withdraw money. Adam and his wife have run their bar, Dexter & Jones for a number of years. "Naively, I didn't know you could ghost phone numbers," he said. The thing was, they even knew how much money was in my bank account. It's hard to look my wife in the eye. He said the only way that person could do that was using my driving licence and my passport and my signature." He then rang his wife and asked her to check if his passport and driving licence were at the house, which they were. After a back and forth including multiple phone calls, Adam went into the banking app on his phone and found a huge sum had left his account. When asked if it was him, Adam said "No," which left him worrying that this was a case of identity theft. The elaborate scam began with a text claiming to be from Adam’s bank, Barclays, which said there had been "suspicious activity" on his account and that a member of the fraud investigations team would be ringing him. [Adam Rickitt](https://www.ok.co.uk/latest/adam-rickitt) has been spotted getting stuck into work at at his gin bar after [tearfully revealing he was scammed out of "tens of thousands of pounds"](https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/adam-rickitt-scam-thousands-stolen-27898393).

Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Adam Rickitt and his wife Katy have reflected on his 'three hours of hell' after they were conned out of almost £50,000 ...

Explaining the scam in his tearful Instagram video, Adam said: ‘They said what they needed me to do was do a dummy payment, and what it would do is trigger a member of the fraud department,’ Adam explains in the video. but honestly I have never known the stress it created over the course of the scam… ‘The most convincing thing for me, despite looking them up on Linkedin, was the fact that they knew too much about my bank account for them not to be Barclays,’ he said. He had three hours of hell so we basically went through everything with a fine-tooth comb and the reason we wanted to come on today was to try and help anybody, even one person, not get scammed.’ ‘They managed to duplicate everything I thought to be safe… They were able to run through all the ATM withdrawals we’d made.’

The ex Coronation Street star appeared on Wednesday's Good Morning Britain with his GMB correspondent wife Katy Rickitt; Warning viewers about the ...

'The only thing he feels he could have done is hung up the phone. What is the definitive information you have to follow to stop being scammed?' The ex-Coronation Street star first revealed he was a victim of bank fraud in an emotional Instagram video he posted on Friday. GMB host Susanna Reid admitted 'I thought I would've fallen victim to that frankly. Duped: The ex-Coronation Street star first revealed he was a victim of bank fraud in an emotional Instagram video he posted on Friday Warning viewers about the sophisticated scam, Adam said he had got his money back, but insisted 'the system needs to catch up and be on a par with the scammers.'

The 44-year-old, from Cuddington, who starred as Nick Tilsley in Corrie between 1997 to 1999, appeared on the ITV breakfast programme on Wednesday morning.

He concluded by saying that real change is needed and that "the system itself needs to catch up the scammers." For more information about these types of scams and how to protect yourself, visit the The actor went on to thank Barclays for all their support following the scam and has since gotten all of his money back. "I can't even begin to suggest how to protect yourself as I thought I was doing everything right...but please just be aware there's people out there who know exactly how to play the system." "I know we all think we know what to do or how to react...but honestly I have never known the stress it created over the course of the scam... - Call the number on the back of your bank card The actor said that he took every precaution to ensure he was talking to his bank by asking the scammers to confirm his history with Barclays and even his most recent transactions. "Alas the former wasn't true..they managed to duplicate everything I thought to be safe...they knew everything about me and my history with the bank... Initially, the actor was nervous to come forward as he explained in his original Instagram post. He added: "I was 100 per cent sure it was the bank, that they were helping me and that I wasn't even transferring funds or giving any details away. Speaking live from Cheshire to presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls, the soap star explained he lost just shy of £50,000 after the fraudsters convinced him he was a victim of Identity Fraud. [Coronation Street](https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/19979377.itv-coronation-street-announce-plans-expand-uks-most-watched-soap/) and Hollyoaks star Adam Rickitt has issued a warning to [Good Morning Britain](https://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/19593793.good-morning-britains-richard-madeley-slammed-itv-viewers-africa-remark/) viewers after being 'scammed out of thousands'.

Adam Rickitt's love story with wife Katy is like something out of a fairytale - here's everything we know about them and how they got together.

Explaining her stance on the sensitive subject, she said: “I married Adam and anything that came after that is a bonus... We’ve learnt that the hard way.” “We tried to experience things other people couldn’t – careers. I was worried I’d be denying her something.” I almost slightly panicked a bit.” Adam said he felt “stupid” for getting tricked by the scammers who “knew everything about him and his history with the bank” and struggled to look his wife in the eye afterwards. I never pictured myself with children. It can also cause male infertility. “We knew it would be a difficult and unlikely process because of the position we’re in, so we decided to make use of the other things we can do,” Katy said. I could never explain to you why. [Coronation Street](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/coronation-street) and [Hollyoaks](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/hollyoaks) heartthrob Adam later revealed it was “love at first sight” for him. “The reason he says it was [love at first sight] for me and not for her – it actually was for me as well,” the 38-year-old told Loose Women.

Adam told Susana Reid and Ed Balls on Wednesday that the scammers "knew too much" about his personal details.

"You need to ring them from an entirely different phone. "I thought, 'I would have fallen victim to that'. "Just hang up the phone and call the fraud department yourself, the second you engage with them you will lose, they will break you." "The text said I will be getting a call from a member of the fraud department, the number they called me on, the first thing I did was go onto the Barclays website and it was the same number. "And it occurred to me that you did everything that you could to try and verify who these people were, how much did you lose during the scam?" "They weren't aiming for the £49,500, they were aiming to empty our entire business account and it was purely by chance after this two to three-hour process that I was able to spot the money that I was told would never be leaving our account, had actually left and it wasn't Barclays I was speaking too."

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He was told he needed to make a dummy payment to test their fraud reaction systems and that Barclays may need to close his bank account - something that would have severely impacted his business. All the while, Mr Rickitt had checked the man’s identity on Linkedin, was ringing the official Barclays fraud number and was even, at one stage, transferred to the scammer’s ‘manager’. Mr Rickitt said he was rung back by the man after having tried the official Barclays fraud line on a friend’s phone. Over a period of two to three hours on the phone, the actor said he was guided through the same security questions he usually gets asked by his bank. The message said he would be getting contacted by a member of their fraud team, and a call from an 0845 number duly came through - a number which matched the official Barclays fraud line listed on the bank’s website. In an Instagram post from 2 September, Adam Rickitt revealed he had been the victim of a fraud scam.

Adam fell victim to an authorised push payment (APP) scam. | ITV News Granada.

Hang up the phone and call the fraud department yourself. "If someone rings you. He says he was told to make a dummy payment to 'trigger the banks fraud systems' and was told no money would leave the account as it had been taken offline.