Residents are being reminded to be aware of scams from more than just an email or phone call and how scams can occur from popups on your computer.
Healthy Computers in Listowel has said its becoming an almost regular occurrence of people coming into the store with a computer or phone saying they are locked out due to a virus.
Pop ups on your computer saying your device is at risk or infected with a virus which then provides a number to call to resolve this issue is a scam.
Scammers from this can easily gain access to your computer, steal your data and change passwords and then request money to fix the supposed issue.
Certain tips and tricks to avoid being a victim includes using two factor authentication, using an ad blocker and if something seems suspicious such as an email from “amazon” tagged with a gmail address to not reply.
