Fraudster dupes retailers out of €100k with scam

A fraudster operating in Cork, Waterford and Dublin has duped retailers out of over €100,000 in credit card payments.

The Irish payments services organisation said the scam artist, who goes by the name of ‘Mark’, is very familiar with the card systems shops are using.

‘Mark’ uses a simple telephone scam where he wins over the confidence of a retail assistant by posing as a technician from one of the card payment services. He usually has knowledge of the retailer’s bank and payment systems before ringing.