There may be hope yet for Santander customers who are defrauded after the bank chose to reimburse more than £100,000 to one victim.

Banks routinely refuse to cover losses when customers are tricked into transferring money or giving their details to fraudsters. In some cases, victims have lost more than £100,000.

This is Money has been at the forefront of battling the horrifying tide of banking fraud that has swept Britain in recent years - why has it taken so long for action to be taken?

EXCLUSIVE: Fed-up bank customers who take to social media such as Twitter to complain could leave themselves exposed to fraudsters, as a Metro Bank customer discovered.

In the first half of the year, 4,222 bank account holders under 21 were involved in 'misuse of facilities' fraud', double the amount from a year ago.

Fraudsters are going on a £1.5 million a day spending spree - using other people's plastic cards. These new fraud figures are published just as Financial Fraud Action UK steps up its campaign.

Jeremy Smith found a stunning villa with a pool in Sicily, pictured. But a fraudster had hijacked the account of a legitimate Airbnb and when Jeremy paid outside the system he lost £4,000

Paresh Patel, from Harrow, discovered 18 unusual cash machine withdrawals from his account at a local Barclays branch and a Costcutter shop.

Scammers are 'grooming' pension savers by giving them a script of what to say to get around company safeguards, warns financial giant Aegon.

Expert behavioural profiler Professor David Canter was swindled by callers using 'persuasive techniques straight out of a psychology textbook'.

In January we warned of fake websites tricking UK holidaymakers out of tens of thousands of pounds. Now a remarkably similar new site - Canaries-holidays.com - has been launched.

The bogus emails - likely to have been sent to thousands of people - are aimed at stealing your bank details by making people think someone has gone shopping using your Apple account.

Fake messages which appear to come from a friend encouraging them to click a link to receive a Sainsbury's voucher are being sent through the social app Whatsapp by fraudsters.

In controlled tests with experts, we discovered that criminals can swipe money off contactless cards as you're walking down the street, sitting in a restaurant or browsing in shops.

A quarter of Britons travelling overseas have no qualms about using free public wi-fi abroad for online banking, according to a survey for This is Money.

Crooks are posing as bank customer service staff on the social media website to try to dupe customers into visiting a dodgy website or clicking a link so the fraudster can steal their financial details.

Millions of Lloyds customers have been warned to be vigilant against a tide of scam letters purporting to be from the bank, but are actually being posted by fraudsters.

Bank customers are being warned to be vigilant after what is believed to be a spate of 'smishing' attacks which drain current accounts of cash.

Victims of nuisance phone calls have a new weapon in their armoury - but a security expert believes it still does not go far enough and says householders must deploy maximum security tactics.

Farmers are being warned once again to be extremely vigilant of any suspicious calls, texts or e-mails this month as they become major target for fraudsters.

Another small business has fallen victim to a fraudster going by the false name 'Simon Fraser' who posed as a member of NatWest staff in a bogus call from the bank.

Scams that slip past security filters are costing victims millions of pounds. Peter Cregan, pictured, said that within a month of his first fraud, he was hot twice more.

Bank accounts are something most of us rely on every day but what happens when things go wrong? This is Money looks at your rights, fraud and how to complain.

Alex Luke, 49, from London, had every penny of the £180,000 she had saved from her business had been stolen by fraudsters from her Santander account.

In three new videos, the celebrities learn the tricks of email and telephone scammers and number spoofing - and top tips so that you are not caught out.

Ever since Yvonne bought a £20 blender advertised in a magazine, she's been bombarded with junk mail after her name was put on the so-called suckers list.

The password is a scourge of the modern world. Most of us use at least these online codes on a daily basis - and they don't tend to be very good. We find out how to make yourself safer.

A social experiment in a shopping centre saw Real Hustle star Paul WIlson easily glean information from shoppers eager for the chance to win a television.

A widow unwittingly transferred £3.2k straight into a fraudster's bank account after falling victim to yet another type of telephone fraud in an epidemic sweeping the country.

A terrifying scam has emerged which sees fraudsters record customers telephone conversations with their bank to glean vital details and raid accounts, Action Fraud warns.

Banks could block customers from claiming money back if they are a victim of fraud and it is found they had substandard online security.

Some 7% of those approached have accessed some or all of their pension as cash as a result of being contacted by phone, email or letter, the survey by Phoenix Group found.

More of us are using technology to bank - and fraud is surging. This week, we reported on a case where Santander won't refund one victim £22,700.