Fraudsters have taken their scamming attempts offline and turned instead to paper to lure business owners into sending them money. A fake letter seen by The Currency was sent to a business owner at his home address, purporting to be from Raisin Bank. Eoghan O’Hara, the Ireland head for the Germany-based fintech, confirmed that the letter was “absolutely” fake. The two-page letter was written on paper headed with the Raisin logo on one sheet and the Companies Registration Office logo on another. “We are writing to you as a director of a company registered with the Companies Registration Office,” the…
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