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# Phishing scam

Last month
March 2024
Booking.com denies security breach after phishing scam attempt made on its website
This year
2024
Sex workers sent death threats after replying to text scam
Very few crimes against sex workers are reported to gardaí, an advocacy group said.
A number of people were threatened with physical or sexual violence
Foreign-national sex workers were targeted by the scam
"The texts and calls turned violent, people saying things like they were going to have a hitman kill them."
All time
Second man arrested in relation to Pandemic Unemployment Payment fraud scheme
Internet fraudsters caught out after mistakenly ringing garda station
Public warned of scam call claiming that their 'internet is compromised'
Got an email from Revenue today? Be careful as it could be a scam
This is what ESB want you to do if you've received one of these scam emails
Got an email from Netflix today? Be careful as it could be a scam
Revenue warns internet users over fake email 'tax refund' scam