“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.”
What's App
Claim dated 25 May 2021.
TheJournal.ie rated thisUnproven
What TheJournal.ie found
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
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
What's App made this claim around 25 May 2021. TheJournal.ie (Ireland) looked into it and published its finding on 26 May 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “Unproven”.
Where the claim appeared
- whatsapp.comhttps://www.whatsapp.com/
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