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Irish Mirror
National
Marita Moloney

Ireland scams: Gardai urgently ask Bank of Ireland customers to delete these text messages

Gardai are urging the public to be vigilant over scam text messages that "just keep on coming".

Fraudsters are continuing to target people in an attempt to take their money or personal information.

Many of these messages come from entities purporting to be from financial institutions, with several bank scams doing the rounds.

One of these recent efforts came from criminals pretending to be from Bank of Ireland.

In the text, recipients are urged to recover their account by visiting a link provided "urgently".

Gardai are reminding people that the bank will not send customers message containing a link and they are asking people to delete such texts.

Gardai issued the warning on Tuesday. (An Garda Siochana)

A spokesperson for the Cavan/Monaghan region said: "The scam texts just keep on coming. Here is just another example.

"Remember Bank of Ireland will not send a text containing a link.

"Never click on these links and never provide your personal details. Always ignore and delete any texts of this nature."

It comes after AIB reiterated to the public that they will never send customers a text message containing a link to a website.

The reminder was in response to a person who contacted the institution on Twitter to query whether the text they received was legitimate.

They asked: "@AskAIB this just got sent to me. Pretty sure it’s a scam and I haven’t touched the link.

"Came in on a legitimate AIB message thread."

They also attached an image of the message, which read: "AIB: A login attempt was made from Location: Manchester, GB. If this was NOT you, please follow the steps here: aib-online-alert.com."

In response, a customer service agent from the bank confirmed that the text was a scam attempt.

They said: "Hi, Thank you for sharing this. That is a fraudulent text message, AIB will never send you a text message with a link for a website.

"If you receive any text messages with a link it is best to just delete them."

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