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"Insane Levels" Of Scam Sophistication Targeting Locals, Conor Winkle Raises Concern

Scammers are cloning mobile phone numbers to trick people.

It's getting to an insane level.

That's according to Conor Winkle of Peach Computers in Athy, who said scams in the run up to Christmas are getting more and more sophisticated.

Speaking on Kildare today, he said scammers have even begun cloning numbers to trick people into thinking they are getting calls and texts from people they know.

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