Asian scam artists threaten to bomb Garda station after being found out

ASIAN scam artists trying to hack into Irish computers to steal bank details threatened to bomb a garda station after being confronted by detectives.

Gardaí have issued a warning to computer users that they should immediately hang up the telephone on any person with an Indian or Pakistani accent offering to clear their computer of viruses — even if their caller ID shows they are phoning from an Irish number.

The warning was issued after gardaí in North Cork received numerous complaints about the hackers, who claimed to be working for Microsoft Windows.