Ireland Case No. 12749Fraud (phone scam / impersonation of gardaí) · Co. Donegal
Woman scammed out of substantial sum by caller posing as gardaí in Donegal
A woman in Donegal was scammed out of a substantial amount of money after receiving a call from an Irish mobile number in which the caller claimed to be a member of An Garda Síochána attached to the Garda Financial Intelligence Unit. She was told her bank account had been linked to fraud offences across Europe and was deceived over several hours into setting up a Crypto Wallet and transferring money to it.
- Reported9 Sep
- Arrested
- Charged
- In court
- Verdict
- Sentenced
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Key facts
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- whatThe victim received a call from an Irish mobile number (donegallive.ie)
- whatThe caller claimed to be a member of An Garda Síochána attached to the Garda Financial Intelligence Unit (donegallive.ie)
- whatThe victim was told her bank account had been used in connection with fraud offences across Europe (donegallive.ie)
- whatOver several hours the caller deceived the victim into setting up a Crypto Wallet (donegallive.ie)
- whatThe victim transferred a substantial amount of money from her account to the wallet (donegallive.ie)
- whatThe victim became suspicious and contacted An Garda Síochána (donegallive.ie)
- otherGarda Gráinne Doherty of Letterkenny Garda Station issued the warning (donegallive.ie)
The reporting
newest first- 9 Sep2025'Substantial amount of money' scammed in Donegal by callers pretending to be gardaí
Garda Gráinne Doherty of Letterkenny Garda Station issued a public warning describing the scam and advising the public that gardaí will never contact people by phone, email or text to allege a crime or demand payment.
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