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Gardai urged Kilkenny people to be wary of new cold-calling scam

By Kilkenny Now 30th May 2021 0

Gardai in Kilkenny are reminding people once again to be vigilant when answering calls coming from 083 numbers looking for payments for fines. Over the past number of weeks an ongoing scam has being plaguing people in Kilkenny and nationwide which are trying to separate people from their money. The cold-calling scam that appears to […]

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‘Drug trafficking, money laundering and PPS numbers’ – Kilkenny gardai warn of new phone scam

By Kilkenny Now 16th April 2021 0

Kilkenny gardai have urged members of the public to beware of the latest phone scam doing the rounds. In the latest swindle, fraudsters are calling unsuspecting members of the public falsely claiming to from Revenue. A local Garda spokesperson said the voices “appear to be recorded, foreign accents and in some cases electronic voices”. The […]

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Scammers ringing Kilkenny residents threatening them with arrest for ‘failing to isolate’

By Kilkenny Now 10th April 2020 0

People in Kilkenny have been receiving sinister and bogus calls preying on people’s fears and threatening them with arrest as they are failing to isolate during this Covid-19 crisis. Local gardai have been receiving reports all day from the public saying they have received calls from the Health Service Executive saying they could face arrest […]

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ALERT: Kilkenny homeowners targeted in new ‘broadband upgrade’ scam

By Kilkenny Now 20th September 2019 0

By COLIN BARTLEY FRAUDSTERS are targetting Kilkenny homeowners in a new phone scam. The fraudsters have been calling people locally on their landlines, trying to get them to disclose their personal data. Homes across Kilkenny and the South East region have been targeted in recent days by callers who purport to be from the mobile […]

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ALERT: Kilkenny housholders targeted in new ‘tax rebate’ phone scam

By Kilkenny Now 23rd May 2019 0

KILKENNY householders are being targeted in a new tax rebate scam. Local gardai have received a number of reports from people who received calls on their mobiles an individual seeking their bank details in return for a “tax rebate”. The calls came from an 051 number (South Kilkenny/Waterford). Gardai again urged householders never to give […]