People desperate for money in the run-up to Christmas are being scammed out of hundreds of euro in online loan frauds, gardaí have warned.
A number of websites offering unsecured loans are targeting financially vulnerable people in the scams known as advance fee fraud.
The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) has warned people to be wary when trying to find credit and to carry out their own research into companies offering quick loans.
In some cases the person seeks out the loan themselves…
