Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Authorised Push Payment Fraud: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Okay, so Amazon does not track that. Amazon warns customers not to make payments off-platform, through Western Union or whatever, but to go onto the site. It is the right warning because if it is fraudulent, they will get their money back. It is a great service that is operated if people stay on the platform. It appears over and over that this is one of the scams that are attempted. A purchase is attempted but the individual is then contacted and requested to send the money through Western Union, which dupes the person into believing it is a credible way to pay. Given that they are on the Amazon platform and the trust that is in that platform, people fall for it.

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