International fraudsters are bombarding Irish businesses and have stolen more than €4.4million in online scams so far this year.
The scams were revealed in an update by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau at a briefing inside their headquarters. Chief Superintendent Pat Lordan said: "Stop and think before you change bank account details for anyone. Ask the question is this really the person or company you owe money to. Pick up the phone and speak to the person concerned."
"Over four and a half million lost this year through fraud and that is effecting 120 different businesses and individuals - our fear is that if this continues people will lose jobs and businesses will close." He said: "In April alone there have been 39 reports to us - for example one would be where a company received an email from a customer saying they must change accounts.
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