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Thieves cloning Donegal Garda station numbers to prey on public

written by Stephen Maguire June 17, 2021
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Thieves in Co Donegal are using what appears to be cloned phone numbers of local Garda stations to extract bank details from members of the public.

Gardai in Milford have issued a warning after a number of calls earlier today.

The bogus callers are making calls from what appears to be the same numbers used by local Garda stations.

One woman was contacted on a mobile phone to say there had been suspicious activity detected in connection with her PPS number.

The caller then said she would receive a call from her local Garda station.

Worryingly, the woman did receive a call and the calling number was the same phone number that is attached to her local Garda Station.

The victim provided her PPS number to the caller because she believed the call to be genuine as she had her local Garda Station number saved on her mobile phone.

Gardai have confirmed that a similar incident happened in the Bunbeg area of West Donegal this morning.

The victim here also gave their bank account details as they believed the call to be legitimate as the calling number appeared to be that of their local Garda Station.

A Garda spokesperson warned people never to give out personal details to anyone over the phone.

“Please be advised that Gardaí will never call you and request personal (PPS number etc.) or financial details.

“Should you receive a similar call, please hang up and do not divulge any personal details regardless of the caller’s contact number.

“If you have fallen victim to this scam, please alert Gardaí and your financial institution immediately.”

Thieves cloning Donegal Garda station numbers to prey on public was last modified: June 18th, 2021 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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