A man who lost £18,000 to fraudsters believes he was spiked before the criminals used financial apps on his smartphone.
Ben Gregory, 26, says that he woke up after a night out in Clapham, south London to find that someone had created several overdrafts and emptied his savings account - a loss of £18,000.
Mr Gregory had been for a meal with friends before heading to a night club in the summer before he woke up the next day 'dizzy, dazed' and 'not quite sure what happened'.
He told the BBC: 'I felt terrible, absolutely terrible.
'Over the next few days I couldn't stop thinking about it, couldn't sleep, found it very hard to eat. Because ultimately I felt worried and vulnerable.'
Ben Gregory, 26, says that he woke up after a night out in Clapham, south London to find that fraudsters had used his phone's financial apps to steal £18,000 from his bank accounts (stock image)
'I had some messages on my work phone from my brother saying: 'Is everything OK [because] there's been an overdraft opened on our joint account. What's happened?'.
'As soon as I saw that alarm bells started ringing because I didn't do that.'
The fraudsters had reportedly used Ben's phone to set up two new £2,500 overdrafts on his bank accounts as well as moving his savings into his current account and emptying it.
His losses totalled just over £18,000 across his accounts with American Express, Monzo, HSBC and Revolut.
While Ben was refunded his losses from American Express and Monzo within days, HSBC and Revolut initially refused to give him his losses back.
The hold-outs did eventually relent and refund Ben after his story was reported in the press.
HSBC told the BBC: 'We have thoroughly reviewed this case, and in light of new information we will be providing a full refund to Mr Gregory.
'While
