Gardai are warning the public to be aware of a new text message scam which sees fraudsters impersonating AIB Bank and other financial institutions.
The SMS tells the person to call a number to regarding a transaction, and this number will bring them an "AIB agent", who will talk a person through how to cancel the transaction. The fraudster will then extort credit and personal details from the victim.
Officers on the official An Garda Siochana Facebook page have issued a warning in recent days about the new scam, reminding the public to not respond to these texts or call this number. "If you must call your bank make sure any number matches that which is on the back of your bank card," they said.
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Gardai are advising members of the public to never give away personal data such bank account details, PIN numbers, credit card numbers, passwords, one time codes, PPS numbers or Eircodes over the phone. Gardai are also advising people who have received such texts to take screenshots of the texts received and delete them and to report it to the bank or relevant company.
Gardai are appealing to any person who may have inadvertently or otherwise engaged with this scam, or any similar scam, and subsequently been a victim of this type of fraud to report it to their local Garda Station.
Further fraud prevention advice can be found here
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