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Tech Takeover: Spotting and avoiding scams

Long gone are the days of Nigerian Princes looking to give you a chunk of their vast wealth: onli...

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16.54 6 Aug 2025


Tech Takeover: Spotting and avoiding scams


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Long gone are the days of Nigerian Princes looking to give you a chunk of their vast wealth: online and text-based scams have gotten a lot more sophisticated, and trickier to spot.

For this week’s Tech Takeover, Jess Kelly, Newstalk’s Technology Correspondent joins Kieran to discuss this, and give her top tips to avoid getting tricked!


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