Gardaí in Ballina are warning the public of a text and phone scam which are doing the rounds across the region.

The force received reports of the scams from the public, which lure people online to access their bank account details.

A text message scam claiming to be from Eir under the name ‘Eir verify’ tries to take people financial details through a website link in the message.

The messages states that the customer’s parcel has been held in their shipping area and asks them to follow instructions to payment.

There is also a new Amazon Prime phone scam which purports to be from the company and seeks 80 euro for renewal of their service.

Gardaí are advising people to hang up if they receive any suspicious calls looking for money and are urging them not to ring back a number given by an unsolicited caller.

Requests for bank details or access to a computer should always be treated with suspicion.

The Gardai are advising people to hang up and contact the companies on an official phone number.