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Fake gardai scam doing the rounds in Kilkenny once more

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2021 0

Kilkenny gardai are reminding residents to be aware of a scam doing the rounds where people are impersonating members of An Garda Síochána to gather personal information. Gardai became aware of a number of people being contacted in these ‘phishing’ scam earlier this summer where fraudsters obtained personal information from their victims. It has now […]

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Phishy behaviour: Kilkenny residents targeted in ‘Revenue’ text scam

By Kilkenny Now 28th January 2021 0

Kilkenny residents are being  targeted in yet another phone phishing scam in which fraudsters claim to to working for Revenue. Gardai in KIlkenny issued an alert after being made aware of an incident in a local resident received a call from conmen claiming to be part of Revenue’s “Tech Crime Unit”. The calls came all […]

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‘It isn’t you’ – Lotto bosses warn Kilkenny people to be vigilant of convincing new text scam

By Kilkenny Now 10th November 2020 0

People in Waterford are being warned not to fall victim of a convincing Lotto text scam doing the rounds. Reports recently started surfacing on social media of an elaborate Lotto scam in which the target receives a text message with both their name and location mentioned in the text. The message tells them to click […]

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Contempt of court: Kilkenny people targeted in ‘jury duty’ scam

By Kilkenny Now 2nd October 2020 0

Waterford residents have been targeted in a new jury duty ‘phishing scam’. Gardai have warned residents are being targeted by fraudsters falsely claiming to represent an official government department. They then trry to con people into registering for jury duty by providing their private personal details online. People are receiving emails from a ‘jury@justice.ie’ address