Bank warns of agri-machinery scams after farmer loses €10,000 to fraudsters

Farmers have been warned to beware of online scams selling agricultural machinery after an Irish farmer was scammed out of €10,000. 

Farmers have been warned to beware of online scams selling agricultural machinery after an Irish farmer was scammed out of €10,000. 

Bank of Ireland said that fraudsters are targeting business owners online, including farmers, with fake farm machinery sales. The bank said that fraudsters are directly targeting farmers with pop up social media ads, some of which lead to bogus machinery websites.