Donegal man loses €400 in gift card scam

A Donegal man has lost €400 after being targeted by scammers.

He received a Facebook message from someone purporting to be his friends, requesting he purchase online gift cards and to forward on the codes of said gift cards.

Once the details were sent the Facebook account was made redundant.

Garda Grainne Doherty says gift card scams in particular are very dangerous:

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