Rural Life
An Garda Síochána has received reports of workmen calling to houses in the Monaghan area offering to tarmac driveways in a fraud operation
Agri-Business
Bank of Ireland is warning farmers to be on alert for fraudsters targeting business owners online with fake farm machinery sales.
The Banking and Payments Federation is expecting an increase in scams as Ulster Bank and KBC Bank prepare to leave the Irish market.
The Department of Agriculture has warned farmers not to share bank details or other information by phone or by text following news of a scam.
Farmers have been warned, by the Ulster Farmers’ Union, to be on their guard against fraudsters targeting the agriculture sector.
A fraudster from Co. Kilkenny scammed €1,000s from victims hoping to work for agricultural contractors in New Zealand.
A Lithuanian woman told Joe Duffy how she has allegedly lost close to €19,000 through an Irish based tractor 'scam' today.