Suncorp 'spoofing' scam cons couple expecting triplets out of $50,000 trends now
A couple expecting triplets who were frantically saving to support their three children have been conned out of $50,000 after falling victim to an elaborate scam.
Canberra couple Jasmine Bourchier and Daniel Josifovski were robbed of their life savings after a person claiming to be from Suncorp called them and warned them their account had been compromised.
The couple revealed the scammer had called them from the same number as their bank and they had no reason to believe they were being scammed.
They were told their account had been hacked and that they needed to immediately move their funds to another 'secure' one.
Canberra couple Jasmine Bourchier and Daniel Josifovski were robbed of their life savings after receiving the call from a person claiming to be from Suncorp
The couple revealed the scammer had been calling from the same number as the bank and they had no reason to believe they were being scammed (stock image)
'The day that we discovered the funds were gone was the day we were meant to be celebrating the milestone of making it through the first trimester of my triplet pregnancy,' Ms Bourchier told the Courier Mail.
'We're going to be first-time parents and prior to this happening, we were unsure as to whether we could financially support three children at once.'
Ms Bourcheir said she was upset at the response from Suncorp, claiming it took the bank at least two weeks to take their complaint seriously.
She said she was told by the bank there was a nine out of 10 chance that she would never see her money again.
The money had been transferred into a Commonwealth Bank account with the couple claiming Commonwealth was equally unhelpful and referred them back to Suncorp.
A Suncorp spokeswoman said the bank was 'aware' of scammers contacting their customers.
'As soon as we became aware of this, we notified all Suncorp Bank customers via our app,
