Fraudsters’ €30K for each bank account scam

FRAUDSTERS are making €30,000 every time they get past a bank’s security measures and con Irish consumers into divulging their account details.

Ireland’s big three banks are battling a 35-fold rise in the number of bogus email alerts being sent out asking consumers to “re-register” their accounts for security reasons.

But consumers who reply to the emails can find their accounts emptied with the average loss per customer as high as €6,000.