AIB warns customers after increase in 'taxi scams'

AIB has urged customers to be vigilant after an increase in so-called 'taxi scams'.

The scam involves customers being visited by a taxi driver or a courier supposedly sent by the bank to collect their bank cards.

Customers get a fraudulent text claiming to be from the bank, a utility company or other businesses containing a link to click.

They provide details, and then get a follow-up call claiming to be from the bank and told their card is compromised.

A taxi driver or courier arrives to collect the card, and people are sometimes asked to leave it under the mat for collection.

The stolen card is then used for ATM withdrawals or payment fraud.

AIB said it would never ask customers to hand over a bank card or their details, after the bank confirmed there had been a rise in the number of scams.

The bank is telling customers to keep the phrase 'don't click on their link' in their minds, and to end any conversation where they are asked to hand over a card or leave it under the mat for collection.