‘Now I’m classed as a thief’: O2 mobile user hit by double-edged scam

A man was called by fraudsters offering a deal on a new contract – but ended up being told he had to pay for a £1,072 phone

The call was unexpected but it brought good news: Bruce Stanwyck* was told that the monthly payments for his O2 phone contract would be reduced from £19 to £12 if he switched to a new deal.

Stanwyck, a pensioner, accepted the offer there and then. That was the start of an elaborate scam that nearly cost him his savings.