Mum with sleep-shopping disorder scammed after sharing bank details while asleep from aldi online shopping news Watch Video

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A mum with rare sleep disorder has been scammed - after filling in her bank details on a dodgy site while online shopping in her sleep.<br/><br/>Kelly Knipes, 42, began to notice she was sleepwalking regularly after the birth of her first child Henry in 2006.<br/><br/>But the sleepwalking soon developed sleep shopping - a habit which has seen her splash £3k unknowingly while snoozing.<br/><br/>Purchases including a full-sized plastic basketball court and hundreds of pounds worth of Haribo sweets.<br/><br/>In March, Kelly received a spam text impersonating the government, offering financial assistance for her bills.<br/><br/>While sleeping, she gave the scammers her financial information and has since been targeted several times after she suspects they sold on her information.