{"id":484516,"date":"2026-06-05T12:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484516\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T12:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T12:44:16","slug":"bank-of-ireland-warns-of-significant-spike-in-scam-texts-pretending-to-be-the-bank-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484516\/","title":{"rendered":"Bank of Ireland warns of &#039;significant spike&#039; in scam texts pretending to be the bank &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQQkhpYmt5cVU3b1ZzdEw5UUJGZXZrRmlWR1pTNFJlTFlrZWRYSmYwQnhFMWw2NTJyVDZMNXFpNGdMaURxOXd4cE5PTmc2SnZ4LUtGUmQ0Y1JDUVRrN2FsNGM5VDBsR2lPQmUzVlA3TGV2NzRLVFhXUUIzTHREMlNENW1xUU56czFFMmZvdXhyWjlWUlNrVVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bank of Ireland warns of &#8216;significant spike&#8217; in scam texts pretending to be the bank<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidEFVX3lxTE9OZkNNYTE4OGNXQmE3ZC1pSFA1TkhZZDB3b3BXc21vanFQNDVKNjNKR2NJM1ByNjBYbndZanZWTnpDSHBqcmQtbG9SWmZKcHdwd3JHTnRUdTZ2b1hKR3FsbktEZ3VkMTJ0bk40ckNSaG9kbjNa?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Increase in text scams to bank customers &#8211; BOI<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxNUGQ1YmFRclJRWWFRVGdBeG9EYkZNaEFkVW9LZm9MUWFSQ1U3dW9pMU9KWEx3MGV6dk0xcFVadkttM3ZfZFBtcXZuYnRPdl9CSW5jYjZ5cU4teURsUUdaUEVqQ0hrSWl6M09VUzY1SVNZLThZYVVEZ2t1bG1YbGYyV3VlUmNyYlVydVR0SS1QOTlyWTZtRXM0cEtrVUh5eTdseHhzcDc3Y2w4NlAwNnQtRFhEWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bank of Ireland has warned customers of spike in text scams. Here\u2019s what to look out for<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-wFBVV95cUxPZmdKem1CNU9iNW1oMy1sSmtFWG5oSWVpOE1tY3NuVUV3Rkt6LUtCUkZxYkVkTGNYSlRteDhDY1RRc1B2NkVlczJhc0NhX1dSOXJiWHNSRkdObTdvUF9Vc0wxLWZTclF1SDExU0h0OXQ0eVM1UDVWd0JfRkxmYkVNNzNZbE9ZZGJPZmFYVmljRnR2OHZNVDM5TWxTY2Y3eWJwRWZfaTFCU3ZnU3ZURm04aXhFcmh2WnRCUHgwX3Y2cUlRXzU4c3I5WlNOMDRSUHZtU2RZbnpPak5aMmN4eGNBQTlnN2pIcS1mR3d5eVVMcFRDbkp4UmxrT2tKUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bank of Ireland warns of spike in attempts by fraudsters to steal money from customers by impersonating the bank<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxNaFhQTHN5NjJDa2hUZ2xadXI2eER6SzRMSzRpWE84NGNfcGFBU0l4NlN6NlNfLVRBQWtGczdxQjZzT1kyNXp1WUZyN0F3dkVmVDdVNURwbzhpemUyZFh1b1IyLWpaMkxhMWI4dWxhZ2FGRjVob3BhSVk4OEEtdFdXYTNkMmMwQmVEemtzVklYNUFaeUVUMTVURW50NC1meGlKcjFfVGdBek1ySFJI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why Bank of Ireland believes ComReg\u2019s crackdown on scams will fall short<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Business Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bank of Ireland warns of &#8216;significant spike&#8217; in scam texts pretending to be the bank&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalIncrease in text&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[7863,108198,13644,72,536,61,207011,60,4573],"class_list":["post-484516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bank-of-ireland","tag-beware","tag-boi","tag-business","tag-fraud","tag-ie","tag-impersonation-scams","tag-ireland","tag-it"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484516","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=484516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}