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The Irish second most likely out of 27 EU countries to fall for bogus call and text scams




We are forever telling our readers about the latest phone scams. Now new research has found that we Irish are very susceptible to these scams.

The European Commission published a new report showing 28% of Irish people have received a call over the past year from an unknown number and been charged for it after answering or calling back. Only the Greeks beat the Irish for number one spot with 38% of Greeks getting scammed.

The EU average is 13%. According to the Mirror, 29% of Irish people said they had received an unsolicited text message and been charged after opening it or responding which was also the 2nd highest ranking amongst EU countries after Greece.

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