
In the past week, two people in Athlone have lost over €1,000 to online scams.
Gardaí in the midlands are reminding people to be vigilant of fraudulent texts.
It's after two people in Athlone lost over €1,000 from online scams, in the last week.
In both cases the individuals followed a link received in a text, one from a bank and the other pretending to be from An Post.
Gardaí are advising people not to click on links and to contact the company directly.