BBC presenter 'can't sleep' after losing half his life savings in 'traumatic' online scam
dailyrecord.co.ukBBC Radio Humberside newsreader Peter Levy warned listeners to be careful after revealing he had been scammed out of half his life savings.The 68-year-old told Richard Stead that he had fallen victim to a scam earlier this year and lost sleep over it for many days.The incident, which Peter said was 'traumatic' happened in early February and is still being 'sorted out' to this day, the Mirror reports.The TV and Radio presenter said: "It is the most horrific, horrific feeling.
It's absolutely awful, you feel stupid, you feel thick, you feel... "It happened in February and it is still being sorted out.
Just this lunchtime I've been to a bank. It's awful, so when people talk about the scams it is dreadful, it's awful."Peter and Richard went on to talk about the dangers of using obvious passwords such as 'Peter123' across all of their online accounts.Peter then confessed: "I'll be honest, I've got the same for everything.
I don't use 'Peter1234', it's a lot better than that but it is the same thing and you shouldn't do that. But how do you remember all the different [passwords]?"Richard then explained how some phones suggest strong passwords to use as Peter further explained his devastating situation.He said: "It is so traumatising and upsetting.
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