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Kilkenny residents conned by fraudsters claiming to be gardai

By Kilkenny Now 22nd June 2021 0

Kilkenny gardaí are once again appealing to the public to be aware of a phone scam in which fraudsters pretend to be calling from a local garda station. A number of people locally have fallen victim of the scam, called ‘Caller ID spoofing’ – the practice of causing a telephone network to indicate to the […]

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WARNING: Kilkenny residents targeted in new PPS phone scam

By Kilkenny Now 19th June 2021 0

Residents in Kilkenny are among those who have fallen victim to yet another phone scam, this time targeting PPS numbers. Local gardai confirmed they have received a number of complaints regarding bogus calls purporting to be from Department of Social Protection with an automated message stating that their PPS had been compromised. There have also […]

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Now conmen targeting Kilkenny residents are claiming to be gardai

By Kilkenny Now 18th June 2021 0

Residents in Kilkenny are being urged to watch out for the latest phone scam in which it appears you are getting a call from a local Garda station. An Garda Síochána have received reports from all over the country of phoney callers impersonating gardai. As with most of the phone scams doing the rounds of […]

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ALERT: Kilkenny householders targeted by conman pretending to be Revenue official just days before Christmas

By Kilkenny Now 21st December 2020 0

Kilkenny householders are being targeted in a new phone scam by fraudsters falsely claiming to be Revenue officials. Local gardai issues a warning about the latest scam which they said is “currently impacting on people”. The contact is being made from a landline number with a 051 prefix, the code for Waterford and parts of […]