An Irish person was moments away from having over €1,000 stolen from their bank account by a fraudster on a scam call, only for Gardai to intervene and prevent the damage from being done.
Officers in Donegal have received multiple reports of scam calls which encourage people to download an app, all the while pretending to be representing a phone company.
If the suggested app is downloaded, the scammer then takes control of the device remotely. The scammer in some cases was even able to send text messages remotely.
