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Tanya McCarthy

Irish Liveline caller who shared her experience of being scammed online and over the phone on RTÉ Radio 1's Liveline with Kieran Cuddihy.

Oct 21, 2026

Liveline

Liveline

"It sounded totally legitimate"

Oct 21 · 21m

Ciaran Cudahy
Ciaran CudahyHOST
0:43
So tell me what happened.
Tanya McCarthyGUEST
0:46
So a week ago on Wednesday, he got a call at work, um, to say, um, "Look, I'm here from TSB Fraud Line." It was an Irish number with an Irish guy.
Tanya McCarthyGUEST
0:57
He did the whole spiel of, um, everything would be recorded and blah, blah, blah.
Tanya McCarthyGUEST
1:02
And, um, he said, um, "I have a pending, um, transaction here for Harvey Norman in Belfast.
Tanya McCarthyGUEST
1:10
Um, it just rang a bell here for us.
Tanya McCarthyGUEST
1:12
Um, is that you?" And then Finnian said, "God, no, it's not me.
Tanya McCarthyGUEST
1:16
Um, uh, I'm not in Belfast." And he said, "Well, it's an Android phone that is trying to pay for this, mm, item," right? €400.
Ciaran Cudahy
Ciaran CudahyHOST
2:57
Mm-hmm.

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