During the Christmas season, scam calls and texts often rise. Consumers should stay vigilant as scammers frequently impersonate delivery services, government agencies and other businesses at this time of year.<\/p>\n
Warning signs include messages pretending to be from:<\/p>\n
We have more information on scam calls and texts<\/a> along with advice on handling suspicious messages.<\/p>\n To help protect customers from scam calls and text messages, we are working with the telecoms industry to implement safeguards against fraudulent communications.<\/p>\n ComReg mandated a number of interventions on the industry it regulates in April 2024 (see ComReg document 24\/24<\/a>). Since October 2024 in excess of 100 million scam calls have been blocked by these interventions. To help combat text scams and restore trust in SMS communications, ComReg launched an SMS Sender ID Registry in Ireland. Since 3 July 2025, text messages sent from unregistered SMS Sender IDs have been modified to \u2018Likely Scam\u2019 to inform and protect the public, in accordance with ComReg\u2019s Decision D14\/24<\/a>.<\/p>\n These anti-scam measures, developed through collaboration with the telecommunications industry, aim to reduce scam calls and texts while restoring trust in voice and SMS (text) services. The overall benefit of these measures, when implemented by industry, is expected to amount to around \u20ac1.2 billion by 2030 alongside the societal advantages of decreased scam calls and texts.<\/p>\n For further information, visit our nuisance communications<\/a> and sender id<\/a> website pages.<\/p>\n Visit FraudSMART\u2019s online scam checker tool at ScamChecker.ie<\/a> where you can enter a website link to check for risks.<\/p>\n If you suspect fraud, contact your bank and report it to your local Garda Station immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During the Christmas season, scam calls and texts often rise. Consumers should stay vigilant as scammers frequently impersonate delivery services, government agencies and other businesses … <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":136971,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-consumer-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tWhat we are doing:<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
Tips we give businesses, to help them protect you from scams:<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
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A tool to help you:<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n
What you can do:<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n