AIB customers hit by increase in 'smishing' fraud attacks
Gardaí are warning bank users not to click fraudulent links in texts or give away personal details.
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Gardaí are warning bank users not to click fraudulent links in texts or give away personal details.
Gardaí have also issued a warning.
A file is to be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Gardaí are advising the public to never click on an unsolicited text or email.
The 60-year-old woman is being detained at Balbriggan Garda Station.
Personal data was collected through a phishing email and used to make applications for the pandemic unemployment payment.
Warnings issued as scammers are using so-called “sim towers” to circulate fake text messages purporting to be from legitimate parcel delivery firms.
The bank issued a fraud alert today following an increase in reports of incidence of investment fraud.
Gardaí seized documentation during a planned raid.
Gardaí said that an investigation was ongoing.
The man was arrested in Cork city this morning.
Gardaí said these raids were carried out as part of a cyber-fraud and money-laundering investigation in the UK.
Young people in particular are being targeted by criminal organisations.
A new campaign aims to highlight the dangers for teens and encourage their parents to look out for red flags.
The men will appear before the Criminal Courts of Justice this morning at 10.30am.
One victim was convinced to transfer large sums of cash having met fraudsters on a dating website.
This is the fifth arrest in relation to Operation Joggle.
Four arrests have been made as part of Operation Joggle.
Police in Hong Kong assisted gardaí and managed to secure the money so it can be returned.
The bank will also launch a campaign to raise awareness of smishing.
Fraudsters have targeted people via texts that appear to be from the bank.
The investigation was sparked by a 2014 cyberfraud incident which the Bank of Ireland did not immediately report to the gardaí.
The arrested man has since been released from custody.
The warning follows the arrest of a man in his early 20s in West Cork last week.
The HSE has stressed that it does not charge or ask for payment for testing.
The French government has paid around 84% of net salary for people unable to work due to the pandemic.
The man and woman were arrested at their home this morning.
The investigation is linked with up to 25 separate claims made under the scheme, totalling over €56,000.
The email encourages people to click on a link in order to get a jury number – Gardaí have warned people not to do this.
Fillon was accused of using public funds to pay his wife and children for work they never performed.
The man was arrested by gardaí in Dublin today.
The man is currently being detained at Mullingar Garda Station.
He was arrested following searches in the Blessington area of Co Wicklow on Tuesday.
An Garda Síochána said the fraudsters are seeking the person’s personal data in these cases.
Members of the public have been warned about a text scam in recent days.
The PSNI said it will relentlessly pursue those looking to defraud others during the Covid-19 crisis.
This scam has been highlighted previously but has re-emerged in recent days with a slight twist.
Parents have been encouraged to check what websites their children are accessing.
The investigation relates to a German company who believed it was buying a large quantity of face masks for the government.