Tag: Irish

Spam email as Gaeilge pretending to come from a lottery winner won’t make you rich

November 20, 2023

A phishing email in Irish, pretending to come from Julie Leach, a 2015 US lottery winner and claiming it’s giving $500,000 to a few lucky individuals will only enrich scammers if you fall for it. In 2015 Julie Leach, a Michigan fiberglass factory employee, was visited by Lady Luck and won $310 million in Powerball … More Spam email as Gaeilge pretending to come from a lottery winner won’t make you rich

“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

Facebook scam targets pages of Irish political parties, media and businesses

June 13, 2023

A phishing scam claiming “Your Post Goes Against Our Community Standards So Only You Can See”, tags Irish political parties, media, businesses and others, to make them click on a phishing link. An insidious scam, which leads users to believe something on their Facebook page goes against community standards is tagging various Irish Facebook pages … More Facebook scam targets pages of Irish political parties, media and businesses

Another email scam as Gaeilge is doing the rounds

February 8, 2022

An email in Irish, coming from a South Korean email address, claims the sender has a video of the receiver viewing pornography and will make it public unless paid €1200 in bitcoin. These sort of “sextortion” letters are nothing new, we’ve warned about several like this and this before, but we’re always excited to see … More Another email scam as Gaeilge is doing the rounds

A detailed end of the year Revenue refund scam hitting Irish mailboxes

December 6, 2018

Once again ESET Ireland is warning Irish users to avoid falling for the latest Revenue “tax refund” scam. As usual, the scam arrives in the form of a phishing email, pretending to be from Revenue, saying: “Due to a technical issue, we are unable to process your tax refund and the procedure is currently on … More A detailed end of the year Revenue refund scam hitting Irish mailboxes