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Kilkenny gardai issue warning after bogus tradesmen con elderly couple out of ‘substantial amount of money’

By Kilkenny Now 21st December 2020 0

Gardaí in Kilkenny have urged people to beware of bogus callers after receiving new fraud complaints in recent weeks. Officers are specifically urging people to be wary of any tradesperson who calls to your door offering to carry out works. The recent case involves an injured party living in the south east who paid “a […]

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SCAM ALERT: Gardai issue fresh ‘vishing’ alert to Kilkenny residents

By Kilkenny Now 8th August 2020 Post a comment

Residents in Kilkenny have been warned to be on the lookout over a fresh ‘vishing’ scam targeting the South East of the country. A post on the Garda Síochána Kilkenny/Carlow Facebook page said fraudsters were calling people looking for their financial details. “We are receiving reports of fraudulent messages seeking peoples financial details via a […]

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Scam alert: Con-artists have Kilkenny on their mailing lists

By Kilkenny Now 25th May 2020 0

Several new online scams have surfaced in Kilkenny as con-merchants try to take advantage of the Covid-19 crisis. People have been offered face masks, gloves and hand sanitiser from dodgy or non-existent companies. One scam even offers a cure for the virus. Another scam on the increase involves messages claiming to be from courier companies […]

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ALERT: Kilkenny businesses and CEO’s warned of new ‘invoice’ scam

By Kilkenny Now 21st May 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have warned local businesses to beware of a new scam targeting companies and CEOs. Almost €4.5 million has been stolen by criminals from Irish businesses through ‘invoice redirect’ fraud so far this year. Gardai urged businesses to remind employees to treat any request to change bank account details “with extreme caution”. To date […]

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ALERT: Vulnerable Kilkenny householders targeted in new fake loan scam

By Kilkenny Now 30th April 2019 0

GARDAI have urged Kilkenny householders to beware of websites targeting vulnerable people with fake loans. The websites are aimed at people who would find it difficult to secure a loan from established banks. Gardai said the fraudsters target potential victims and ask them to provide an amount of money in advance of receiving the loan. […]

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ALERT: Kilkenny gardai issue new warning about phone scammers posing as Revenue officials

By Kilkenny Now 9th April 2019 0

GARDAI have urged Kilkenny householders to beware of phone scammers who are continuing to target people by posing as Revenue officials. There has been a large number of reported cases in recent weeks involving scam artists purporting to be Revenue officials who claim to be calling with details of a tax rebate. In a number […]

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ALERT: Garda warning as bogus ‘power-washers’ clean out another home in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 1st April 2019 0

TWO thieves posing as ‘power-washers’ have cleaned out another home in Kilkenny city. KilkennyNow.ie has learned the two men, who had professional-looking business cards, duped an unsuspecting householder into believing they were providing cleaning services. But instead they stole a number of items and gardai have urged householders to beware of people who arrive at […]

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Scam callers pretending to be Revenue officials targeting Kilkenny householders

By Kilkenny Now 28th March 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have urged local householders to be beware of bogus callers posing as Revenue officials. Several people throughout Kilkenny have reported receiving calls from 051 and 01 numbers from scamsters who purporting to work for the Revenue Commissioners and other companies. The callers tell the householders that they are entitled to a tax rebate […]

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ALERT: Thieves posing as ‘power-washers’ clean out home in Kilkenny city

By Kilkenny Now 27th March 2019 0

KILKENNY gardai have urged homeowners to beware of two thieves posing as ‘power-washers’ who literally cleaned out one home in the city. Two males, driving a white van, have been going around to houses in the city offering to clean the properties with power-washers. In one incident, the pair stole a sum of cash and […]

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Scam warning: criminal posing as Garda trying to gain entry to pensioners’ homes

By Kilkenny Now 9th March 2019 0

GARDAI are urging Kilkenny householders to beware of a new scam in which a man pretending to be a plain clothes Garda is attempting to gain entry into people’s homes. In one case last Thursday, a man posing as a police officer called to the house of an elderly lady in Bagenalstown claiming he had […]