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# Scams

Last year
2022
# Fraud
Garda warning about accommodation fraud as victims lose up to €5,000 to scammers
Gardaí have said 50% of victims are aged under 25 and students are often the main targets for criminals.
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Mar 31st 2022, 1:38 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Have you received more scam calls and texts recently?
ComReg has established a taskforce to tackle the increase in scam calls and texts being sent to members of the public.
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Jan 27th 2022, 10:13 AM
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# dark web
HSE hack: Sensitive data from 520 patients leaked online
The HSE became the victim of a major ransomware attack a fortnight ago
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May 28th 2021, 8:30 PM
# Scams
Covid fraudsters: Here are the most common scams and how to avoid them
Be careful with your cash.
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May 26th 2021, 12:10 AM
# cryptocurrency
Warning over 'get rich quick' scams involving cryptocurrencies
People are being conned out of up to €50k.
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May 20th 2021, 9:02 AM
# Vaccines
Gardaí warn about Covid-19 vaccine call and text scams
People are falsely told they are being offered a vaccine, and then asked to provide personal information.
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Mar 9th 2021, 3:42 PM
# stay alert
Departments warn of scams asking people for bank details
One person claiming to represent the Department of Agriculture has been phoning farmers asking for bank details.
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Jul 23rd 2020, 3:15 PM
# fraudsters
Pair arrested in Belfast over recent scams targeting vulnerable people during pandemic
The PSNI said it will relentlessly pursue those looking to defraud others during the Covid-19 crisis.
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May 3rd 2020, 3:41 PM
# safe online shopping
Christmas shopping on the move? Gardaí warn to only shop online when on personal WiFi
In the first six months of this year there has been €16.6 million gross card fraud.
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Dec 3rd 2017, 4:00 PM
# Student Accommodation
'The rise of absolute cowboys': Scammers are targeting students desperate for somewhere to live
With the first round of CAO results out today, students across the country will be scrambling to find a place to live.
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Aug 21st 2017, 12:00 AM
Voices
Here's what students need to know when looking for accommodation
Threshold’s Michael McCarthy Flynn talks about ways to protect yourself in the rental market.
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Aug 22nd 2016, 7:00 PM
# be vigilant
Travelling abroad? Warning issued as one woman loses €5,000 in Canary Islands credit card scam
The European Consumer Centre issued the warning for Irish people today.
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Feb 3rd 2016, 8:13 PM
# London
Woman who swindled €96,000 from elderly man had "fraudster's handbook" with bizarre 9/11 sob story
Patricia Wutaan had a notebook full of scam scripts, including “I am a celebrity fashionista” and “My sewing machine is faulty.”
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Dec 11th 2015, 10:41 PM
# Keep On Trollin
This dad trolled a Craiglist scammer in the most perfect way
Well played, Nicholas Cage.
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Sep 30th 2015, 10:03 PM
# vishing
Three people transferred over €50,000 after getting phone calls from "gardaí"
People have lost a lot of money.
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Sep 25th 2015, 8:39 AM
# believe in better
That 'we owe you money' letter from Sky? It's NOT a scam
This is a public service broadcast.
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Dec 3rd 2014, 7:15 AM
# bogus callers
Older people driven to banks by criminals to 'take out large sums of money'
Burglaries are still the most common crimes against older people.
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Sep 13th 2014, 4:30 PM
# Week in Web
Weird Wide Web: Life on Mars, World Cup withdrawal and sexting extortion
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
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Aug 3rd 2014, 11:30 AM
# Scams
Consumer agency urges vigilance against scams
The National Consumer Agency has said it received 835 scam-related queries in the last 12 months, most related to ‘PC phishing’
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Oct 1st 2012, 12:25 PM
# Scams
Irish Stock Exchange warns investors about 'too good to be true' scams
The ISE has seen an increase in attempted ‘boiler room scams’ in the past few weeks.
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Mar 3rd 2012, 3:55 PM
# Review 2011
Top 10 TheJournal.ie stories you tweeted in 2011
Gay mice, a footballer leaving Twitter and an April Fools’ joke – some of the stories you most wanted to share with your Twitter followers.
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Dec 27th 2011, 3:00 PM
# data fail
Scam texts pretend to be from... the Data Protection Commissioner
Office of DPC warns that phone messages purporting to be from them and asking for name, address and PPSN number are false.
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Jul 11th 2011, 7:21 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Anger over the government’s failure to make the bondholders share the pain; Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield says criminal charges will come, and red faces for Royal aides as they invite the wrong Mary to the the wedding of William and Kate.
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Apr 1st 2011, 8:25 AM
# Scams
New research reveals more Irish people losing money through scams
National Consumer Agency warns people to be aware of possible scams and if in doubt, to ask questions.
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Apr 1st 2011, 7:43 AM
# Fake Text
Japanese radiation text warning hoax spreads panic
Philippine authorities have called for investigation into fake text purporting to be from the BBC, as anonymous hoaxer adds names of survivors to list of confirmed dead.
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Mar 16th 2011, 7:40 AM