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One of Britain's biggest banks says 5000 of its customers are the victims of scammers.

The bank RBS has released figures that show that between January and September this year almost £26 million was scammed from customer accounts.

RBS Group, which includes Natwest, says that from the scams its customers have reported, 70% of victims see NO recovery of ANY funds at the end of an investigation. From January to September this year almost 5000 of its customers have fallen victim to various scams - coming to a total of more than £25 million. The bank says that the average cost of falling for a scam has gone up by 40% since last year, to more than £13,000:.

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