It can be hard to tell if an email or call is from a legitimate company or a fraudster so you need to keep your wits about you at all times
The internet has made life better in many ways but it has also made it easier for criminals to target unsuspecting people and made it much harder for the authorities to do anything about it. Here are just some of the scams that frequently do the rounds.A call comes to the target’s landline and purports to be from eir or sometimes “Eircom”. Targets are warned their broadband will be cut off within 24 hours unless they act and to press the number one on their handset to continue.
But once it is paid, the offer of the loan disappears.A scam targeting Netflix users frequently does the rounds. The emails claim to be from the streaming company and they ask for updated payment details. The email uses fake Netflix branding to fool customers and is more plausible than many phishing scams as it replicates messages the company sends out when credit cards or debit cards used to pay the monthly fee have expired.
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