Tag: Garda

“Good for you,” email scam, claiming to be a Garda child pornography investigation, targets potential Irish victims

July 6, 2023

A new variation of an old scam is doing the rounds in Ireland, pretending to be from An Garda Síochána and asking the potential victim to explain their involvement in alleged child pornography offences. An email with a pdf attachment, coming from a French address is hitting Irish mailboxes. The email states: “Dear,attached is a … More “Good for you,” email scam, claiming to be a Garda child pornography investigation, targets potential Irish victims

What can we learn from the international online scam that unfolded in Dublin recently?

May 27, 2016

A woman who posed as a UN diplomat took nearly €9,000 from a Japanese woman in Dublin airport after promising her access to a container filled with $10 million in cash, according to a report by The Irish Times. What started as a spam message, promising immense riches that appeared in the Japanese woman’s LinkedIn … More What can we learn from the international online scam that unfolded in Dublin recently?

If you were a victim of cybercrime, should you report it?

May 24, 2016

The short answer is – yes! But ESET Ireland takes a closer look at how to go about reporting cybercrime. Ireland is increasingly under attack by scammers, ransomware and other types of online financial fraud. Most victims, however, worry most about restoring their data or securing their credit cards, rather than reporting the incident to … More If you were a victim of cybercrime, should you report it?