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EVEN garda stations are getting those scam phone calls.
Laois-Offaly gardaí reported this morning that a station in the division has just received two calls from “Amazon”.
A non-Irish woman on the line told gardaí that there was a parcel for delivery that would cost them €49. In order to resolve “a problem with their account”, personal information was required. It wasn’t long before she hung up.
Gardaí said on the Laois-Offaly Garda Siochána Facebook page today: “Our colleagues in Tullamore Garda Station received two calls into the station phone from “Amazon”.
“A non-Irish female speaking, stating there is a parcel for delivery but there is €49 due for delivery. She didn’t know whose name was on the account and she hung up. “Please be wary of scam callers, regardless of who they say they represent. Some people are still falling for their stories and providing personal details, otherwise they wouldn’t continue with…
