Email scam unravels when fraudsters impersonate Cork councillor who still uses a typewriter

A request for financial help was sent out from an email address purporting to be from Midleton-based Councillor Noel Collins — but the recipients knew it was fake because Mr Collins famously has no mobile phone, no landline, and still writes all his correspondence on a typewriter.
Mr Collins was one of three councillors who were impersonated via email in an attempted to scam money from other members of Cork County Council.
Fraudulent emails were also sent from a fake account purporting to be Carrigaline’s Seamus McGrath and Fermoy’s Noel McCarthy.
They were sent to other members and former members of their municipal districts looking for money.

