Bank of Ireland warns of surge in text scams targeting customers

Fraudsters posing as bank staff use fake transaction alerts to trick victims into transferring money

By Conor Pope

Bank of Ireland warns of spike in attempts by fraudsters to steal money from customers by impersonating the bank

Huge rise in scam attempts in the last month

By Charlie Weston

Bank of Ireland warns of 'significant spike' in scam texts pretending to be the bank

The impersonation texts often refer to a suspicious or declined transaction and pressure the customer to call the phone number included in the message.