Gardai are warning people not to give their bank details over the phone after people in North Galway were scammed out of several thousand euro.
Victims of the ‘vishing’ scam in the Tuam area responded to individuals claiming to be from a leading computer company and offering repairs.
In separate scams the thieves targeted an elderly couple in the Tuam area by phoning them and saying they were from a leading computer company and needed to carry out repairs to their computer.
They got the couple to go to their own bank and send on a draft for almost €2,000 to an address for the bogus repairs.
This couple are now at the loss of this money as the bank draft was changed into cash and the scammers have disappeared.
In a separate incident another woman, also in the Tuam area was phoned by a person claiming to require to confirm all her bank details, the sum she had in the account, the account number etc.
She gave the details, thinking that the call was from the bank to verify her account details. But the scammers went to the bank and gave the details and took money from her account on the pretence that they were withdrawing the money for her.
Tuam Gardai are warning people not to give their bank details or any details regarding their computers to anyone and to report any suspicious calls to them immediately to 093-24202 or any Garda station.
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