An Irish woman who was scammed out of a whopping €10,000 has warned people to stay vigilant.
Alice Coyle spoke of a "clever" Revolut scam where fraudsters stole a huge sum of money within minutes through the Revolut app. It all started when Alice received a text purporting to be from Electric Ireland saying her last payment hadn't gone through.
She told Galway Beo: "At 14:26 on Tuesday 25th May 2023 I got a text (SMS) from +353892159661 Electric Ireland: Your last payment didn't go through. To avoid disconnection visit https://electricireland-payonline(dot)com to update your account. I knew I needed to do it at some stage as I'd just received the Electric Ireland bill the day before, it was literally sitting there on my desk open.
