{"id":3862,"date":"2025-09-06T16:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/3862\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T16:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:49:09","slug":"elderly-limerick-man-targeted-in-concerning-phone-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/3862\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Limerick man targeted in concerning phone fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A LOCAL man in his 70s has been targeted in a concerning case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/section\/463\/crime-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fraud<\/a> involving a phone scam.<\/p>\n<p>The man was led to believe his bank account had been hacked. \u201cA caller, presenting as a representative from his financial institution, persuaded him to transfer a substantial amount of money into another account,\u201d explained Sergeant Michelle O\u2019Halloran, Crime Prevention Officer at Henry Street Garda Station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, that account belonged to the fraudster. This is under investigation by Garda\u00ed in Newcastle West.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sgt O&#8217;Halloran has advised people not to trust their caller ID and said banks will never ask you to move money to another account. \u201cFraudsters can \u2018spoof\u2019 a number to make it look like it\u2019s coming from your bank. Never give out personal details, bank codes, or PINs over the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/crime-and-courts\/1883404\/limerick-man-charged-with-having-sawn-off-shotgun-at-special-court-sitting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick man charged with having sawn-off shotgun at special court sitting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cIf you get a call like this, hang up immediately. Then ring your bank directly using the official number which you have sourced yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve been a victim of one of these calls or frauds, please do not be embarrassed \u2013 report it to Garda\u00ed and your financial institution immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A LOCAL man in his 70s has been targeted in a concerning case of fraud involving a phone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[45,93,4579,61,60,4580,4578],"class_list":{"0":"post-3862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-henry-street","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-newcastle-west","14":"tag-scams"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}