Gardaí advise vigilance after Limerick man robbed of €9,000 in text message scam

Banks advise customers that they will not communicate with them through text message if they require passwords or PIN numbers
Gardaí advise vigilance after Limerick man robbed of €9,000 in text message scam

The man found his bank account was hacked after he engaged with a text message that appeared to have been sent to him from his bank. File photo: Pexels

Gardaí have issued a warning to people to be extra vigilant of scam text messages purporting to be from real financial institutions, after a young man from Limerick was duped out of €9,000.

The man, aged in his mid-20s, found his bank account was hacked after he engaged with a text message that appeared to have been sent to him from his bank.

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