Gardaí issue warning after dramatic rise of people being scammed in the last three weeks Some people have lost over €20k in some scams. By Garreth MacNamee Tuesday 27 Apr 2021, 6:02 PM 3 hours ago 21,177 Views 3 Comments Image: Shutterstock Image: Shutterstock GARDAÍ HAVE ISSUED a warning after a dramatic increase in the number of incidents of fraud happening around the country. In a statement this evening, garda management said that someone is falling victim to a scam every day of the week. Provisional figures show that this type of fraud has increased fivefold for the first 20 days of April 2021 compared to April 2019. Gardaí have recently highlighted scams where people are pretending to be from An Garda Síochána, Social Welfare, the Attorney General’s Office, banks, delivery companies and other businesses.