Former Corrie star Adam Rickitt reveals he was a scam victim

Former Coronation Street and Hollyoaks actor Adam Rickitt has revealed he has been scammed out of "tens of thousands of pounds" in a banking scam.

The actor took to Instagram to open up about the recent event that saw him receive a call from the fraud department at his bank who told him that someone had tried to withdraw money from his account.

When he confirmed it wasn't him, they went through all the standard security checks and told him that whoever it was must have his ID and signature to have done it, but that was only the beginning.

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Although he admits he's "not the brightest button", Adam checked the phone number and it was coming from Barclays fraud department, and the staff members he spoke to also checked out on LinkedIn, so he felt like it was a real fraud call.

He said the fraudsters knew everything about his banking history so he really thought it was a real call.

He wrote on the caption to the video: "CONFESSION TIME! I know a lot of people will laugh at me for this...but I want to make sure it doesn't happen to anyone else. I got completely scammed this week by some fraudsters impersonating @barclaysuk.

"I was 100% sure it was the bank, that they were helping me and that I wasn't even transferring funds or giving any details away. Alas the former wasn't true. They managed to duplicate everything I thought to be safe...they knew EVERYTHING about me and my history with the bank...

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"I know we all think we know what to do or how to react...but honestly I have never known the stress it created over the course of the scam...and now the embarrassment I feel.

"I can't even begin to suggest how to protect yourself as I thought I was doing everything right... but please just be aware there's people out there who know exactly how to play the system."

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV and streams on the ITV Hub.