Tag: scam
Almost £20,000 lost in scams in 24-hours
Almost £20,000 has been lost as a result of scams in Northern Ireland within a 24-hour period.
And police are urging people to be extra...
Two Mid-Ulster businesses lose £350,000 in fraud
Two businesses in Mid-Ulster have been duped out of more than £350,000 in mandate fraud.
Both businesses reported they had their emails hacked.
Payments of just...
Two people scammed out of £35,000
Scam callers have scammed a total of £35,000 from people in Northern Ireland on two occasions this week.
On both occasions, calls were received from...
COVID-19 scam call and text warning
Scammers are calling people and offering a test for the COVID-19 virus, a treatment or a cure.
These calls are designed to encourage householders to...
Older people lose cash in scams
A number of older people have lost significant sums of money after falling victim to scams.
And police are reminding people to be extra vigilant...
Bogus callers using ‘number spoofing’ in ‘HMRC’ scam
Scammers are continuing to impersonate representatives from genuine organisations such BT, Amazon and HMRC.
The warning comes from ScamwiseNI.
The organisation says these three organisations which...
Two people lose over £20,000 each in banking scam
Two people in Co Down have lost over £20,000 to scammers in yet another banking fraud.
On both occasions the victims have been informed their...
Antrim man contacted by ‘Prince Harry’ scammer
An Antrim man was contacted via Instagram by a scammer purporting to be Prince Harry who demanded his passport details.
The scammer offered to donate...
Scammers con people out of £80,000
Victims have lost more than £80,000 in a spate of scams reported to police on Wednesday (13 August).
One person reported being swindled out of...
Scammers continue to con people out of thousands of pounds
Scammers have conned innocent people out of over £11,000 in June and July alone.
From April to July the PSNI received almost 300 reports in...