scams

Black Friday is this week. Gardaí have issued a warning to online shoppers as Black Friday and Cyber Monday approach to make people aware of online scammers. The call comes as there is set to be as much as €26 million spent on shopping in the Black Friday sales. New figures show that over €45 […]

Black Friday is this week. Gardaí have issued a warning to online shoppers as Black Friday and Cyber Monday approach to make people aware of online scammers. The call comes as there is set to be as much as €26 million spent on shopping in the Black Friday sales. New figures show that over €45 […]

3 years ago

Public warned of elaborate bank card scam after undercover Garda sting

Be on your guard. Another day, another pesky scam doing the rounds. Gardaí are warning the public about a fraud that saw at least one women tricked into handing over her bank cards. The woman, a native of Macroom in Cork, missed a phone call from a number that appeared to be the same as […]

Be on your guard. Another day, another pesky scam doing the rounds. Gardaí are warning the public about a fraud that saw at least one women tricked into handing over her bank cards. The woman, a native of Macroom in Cork, missed a phone call from a number that appeared to be the same as […]

3 years ago

Public warned of imminent surge in bank account fraud scams

An impending gap in the market is likely to be exploited. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve been the victim of or at least managed to escape a scam or two in the past couple of years. Scams are very much on the rise, you see, with An Garda Síochána recently reporting […]

An impending gap in the market is likely to be exploited. If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’ve been the victim of or at least managed to escape a scam or two in the past couple of years. Scams are very much on the rise, you see, with An Garda Síochána recently reporting […]

4 years ago

Public warned of “jugging” crime method as Christmas approaches

Be on your guard… Gardaí have issued a warning to the general public ahead of the traditionally busiest shopping days of the year. Christmas Day is this Saturday, so naturally, people are scrambling to get their various festive-related transactions over the line, be it in-person or online. As such, it’s a good time for the […]

Be on your guard… Gardaí have issued a warning to the general public ahead of the traditionally busiest shopping days of the year. Christmas Day is this Saturday, so naturally, people are scrambling to get their various festive-related transactions over the line, be it in-person or online. As such, it’s a good time for the […]

4 years ago

Five people arrested in Longford as criminal organisation launders €14 million in Ireland

78 people in connection with the criminal organisation have now been arrested to date. Gardaí and Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) personnel arrested five people for money laundering offences in Longford after five searches were conducted on Tuesday, 3 August. The four men and one woman, aged in their late teens and 20s are detained […]

78 people in connection with the criminal organisation have now been arrested to date. Gardaí and Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) personnel arrested five people for money laundering offences in Longford after five searches were conducted on Tuesday, 3 August. The four men and one woman, aged in their late teens and 20s are detained […]

4 years ago

scams

Be on your guard. Another day, another pesky scam doing the rounds. Gardaí are warning the public about a fraud that saw at least one women tricked into handing over her bank cards. The woman, a native of Macroom in Cork, missed a phone call from a number that appeared to be the same as [&hellip;]

Be on your guard. Another day, another pesky scam doing the rounds. Gardaí are warning the public about a fraud that saw at least one women tricked into handing over her bank cards. The woman, a native of Macroom in Cork, missed a phone call from a number that appeared to be the same as […]