This Morning star left 'devastated' and reached 'lowest point' after £19k scam

This Morning's Matthew Wright has revealed that he was swindled out of £19,000 this week after falling prey to a sophisticated online scam.

The LBC host told his listeners how he received an email from fraudsters posing as the courier company Evri, claiming he had missed a laptop delivery.

The broadcaster was in the process of moving house - a fact he had shared on social media - and was expecting multiple packages, including a laptop, so he didn't find the email suspicious. The message included a link to reschedule the delivery, which required him to enter his credit card details for a nominal £2.50 delivery charge.

Matthew thought nothing more of it until his laptop arrived the next day, but not via Evri. He said: "Later in that day, I got a message from American Express asking if I'd clicked on a link for an Evri scam, I said. 'Yeah I had.'".

After spending an hour on the phone with someone purporting to be from American Express, Matthew went through the transaction details. "This incredibly helpful man also said he was notifying my bank to let them know about it. At the end of this very long conversation, he hung up saying: 'You'll probably hear from the bank next.'".

Matthew shared his harrowing experience: "I hung up the phone and, within about ten seconds, it was my bank listing all these dodgy transactions on my accounts, saying I had to change all my logins, my password. I then told them what my login and password were so they could be changed. And I still hadn't twigged," he confessed, reports OK!.

However, when he received a call from his actual bank shortly after, he realised he had been speaking to fraudsters all along. After discussing the situation with the companies involved, Matthew managed to cancel most of the transactions, but one for £19,000 is still unaccounted for in his account.

Matthew expressed his frustration over the uncertainty of whether the £19,000 will be returned, admitting that the ordeal has caused him 'sleepless nights'.

He revealed: "This is the second time I've fallen prey to the scammers, and once again I find myself kept awake at night worrying and fretting".

In other news, last month, Matthew posted a picture of his packed boxes as he prepared to move house. He wrote to X: "Packing all done, two days non stop but I'm ready to go! Thought I'd be more emotional after 23 years here but no which means it really is time to say goodbye and go the full Worzel after so many years dithering. A new dawn for me tomorrow x."