Gardaí issue advice to those in Carlow and Kilkenny who may fall foul of fraudsters

As fraudsters get more ingenious, Gardaí are calling on us all to be more vigilant.

There’s been a rise of scam emails, texts and phone calls and the main advice is to not engage and to instead check with credible sources, including directly with the company the person getting in touch claims to be from.

Sgt John Duffy outlines the latest and what to do if you’re caught out;