David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I fully agree with the Minister that this is very important. I suggest she might ask, if it has not been done, that notices be placed in post offices, where people collect their pensions and other payments, outlining the risk. Sometimes people receive messages and they are not sure about whether they should respond. Most people are well-meaning and good-natured and want to be polite when they get a phone call or message, but we have to emphasise that not everybody at the other end of the phone always has their best interests in mind. Perhaps there could be another number they could call to verify the number if they are unsure about the source of a message they have received. These people can be very clever, manipulative and smart when they talk to people on the phone, and people as clever as the Minister have been caught out by some of this activity.

I will encourage and support her in all she is doing in this area. As she said, it is very important.

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