The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has warned people of a telephone scam by people pretending to be from their department.

Harvey Norman is warning of fraudulent social media competition currently running online.

In the scam, a man, claiming to be from the company Phone Watch, has taken debit cards off people and then withdrew cash from their accounts.

A scamming connection service is taking advantage of people attempting to contact the Revenue Commissioners, according to Fianna Fáil TD Seán Fleming.

People are being warned of an upsurge in scams in the run-up to Christmas.

Specialist gardaí managed to locate the transaction and get the money returned before it was gone for good.

An Irish world record breaker has urged caution to car buyers after he was robbed of €2,000 in a scam in Dublin recently.

Vulnerable pensioners are being preyed on by unscrupulous fraudsters in cruel scams that are robbing them of tens of thousands of euro.

Unlike other icons who have appeared on the front of Life magazine, Ferdinand Waldo Demara was not famed as an astronaut, actor, hero or politician, writes Tim Holmes.

Gardaí have issued a warning about a text message scam that is designed to gain access to personal bank accounts.

Internet scammers got more than they bargained for when they called a garda station instead of an unwitting member of the public.

A heartless con artist is targeting ill people claiming they owe money for hospital tests.

My friend who runs the cliff tours referred Emanuel to me. He had contacted her to see if my Martello Tower could be rented for a month. She passed on his email.

John Hearne cautions people to be on high alert as seasonal scams seem to be on the rise, so particularly watch out for fraudulent emails.

Vulnerable people are being targetted by internet scammers offering fake loans.

A County Limerick priest is warning the public of an email scam doing the rounds in his name.

Several searches were carried out at residential addresses in Dublin as part of Operation Vantage, a four-year investigation by the Garda National Immigration Bureau.

The critically acclaimed ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ has put confidence tricks back in the spotlight. Robert Hume looks back at some of the most famous scams.

Lidl has issued a warning that there is a scam doing the rounds that appears to be from them.

A WhatsApp scam looking for money is targeting Daniel O'Donnell fans.