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Checked by TheJournal.ie26 May 2021IrelandHealth
What's App

“People are getting calls from scammers who purport to have personal data about them – including information about their medical appointments - after the cyber attack on the HSE.”

TheJournal.ie rated this: Unproven

TheJournal.ie says: It’s impossible to say whether the scam is actually happening to people in Ireland, and a A spokesperson for the HSE would not confirm whether it had received any reports of scam calls like the one described on WhatsApp