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A construction engineer has spoken of his frustration when malware was used to steal almost £5,000 from his bank account.
Scott Rodriguez from Aberdeen told the Scotsman of his irritation when, shortly after recovering from a credit card cloning incident, fraudsters used the internet to steal from his account once more.
Cybercriminals had accessed his account and directed funds to a different account, the newspaper reports.
Mr Rodriguez was told that hackers had used a Trojan or other virus to break into his home PC.
He told the newspaper: "I got a phone call from the bank asking me if I had made a transaction for £4,900. My card has been cloned before and I thought, 'you're joking'."
Recently, online news source the Register highlighted changes to the Banking Code which could mean some consumers hit by identity theft have to accept their losses.
The changes mean that if consumers do not sufficiently protect themselves using anti-virus software, anti-spyware programs and firewalls then banks cannot be held responsible for any resulting theft.
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