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VULNERABLE people in the county and those who have difficulty getting loans are being targeted by scam artists in an Advance Fee Fraud, gardaí in Clare have warned. The warning came after a man in Sixmilebridge fell victim to the scam when applying for a loan online. Clare Crime Prevention Officer Sergeant Triona Brooks outlined, “During the week a gentleman in Sixmilebridge applied for a loan online from a site purporting to be a legitimate loan site. “He was asked to pay €150 as an insurance deposit which he did. A short time later he received a call from a person looking for a further deposit. 2He became suspicious and contacted his bank who informed him that this was a scam. “A number of websites offering unsecured loans are targeting vulnerable persons and persons who have had difficulty obtaining loans, for example because of a poor credit rating, from established financial institutions in a fraud known as Advance Fee Fraud.” …
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