Fake Revolut Calls via Google Meet:
What's Happening in Ireland Right Now

This post is based on a real incident that happened today — 23 February 2026 — in Cork. Two calls arrived within thirteen minutes of each other, both claiming to be from Revolut, both warning about suspicious Amazon Spain charges on a Revolut card. The calls came through Google Meet. The caller IDs were Gmail addresses.

This is not an isolated case. Gardaí issued a public warning about this exact scam pattern just days ago, and Revolut itself has flagged it as one of the most active fraud campaigns currently targeting Irish customers. If you have a Revolut account — and statistically, there is a very good chance you do, given that over 75% of Irish adults now use the service — you need to know how this works.

What the Scam Actually Looks Like

The screenshot below was taken from the phone of someone targeted today. Two inbound audio calls, both via Google Meet, within thirteen minutes. Look at the caller addresses carefully:

Real screenshot: two fake "Revolut" calls received today via Google Meet.

The addresses are [email protected] and [email protected]. One is using a Revolut card image as its profile picture. The other is using the actual Revolut logo. Neither has anything to do with Revolut. They are free Gmail accounts, created in minutes, dressed up to look official.

The calls followed a consistent script: the caller claimed to have detected several unusual payments to Amazon Spain from the recipient's Revolut card. They created urgency. They implied account compromise. They were, in all likelihood, working towards one of two goals — either extracting card or account details, or convincing the recipient to move money to a "safe" account controlled by the scammer.

Why Google Meet? Why Gmail?

This is the part that catches people off guard. Most people expect scam calls to come from unknown mobile numbers or spoofed landlines. Using Google Meet is a deliberate tactic for several reasons.

First, Google Meet calls arrive with a notification that looks legitimate — it carries Google's own branding, not a random number. For someone not expecting a scam, a Google Meet call from an address containing the word "revolut" and displaying the Revolut logo looks plausible at a glance. Second, Gmail accounts are free and can be created with any display name and profile picture in under two minutes. There is no verification, no barrier. Third, calls made through Google Meet are harder to trace and block than traditional phone calls.

The Revolut logo on the profile picture is a particularly cynical touch. It is lifted directly from public sources and added to give the account a veneer of legitimacy. Scammers know that people associate a familiar logo with a trusted entity — and they exploit that association deliberately.

This Is an Active, Widespread Problem in Ireland Right Now

This is not a fringe issue. Gardaí in both Donegal and Cork have issued separate public warnings about Revolut impersonation scams in recent weeks.^[1] According to those warnings, scammers often begin calls by reciting the first digits of a Revolut card number — information that can be guessed or obtained from data leaks — to create a false sense of legitimacy before asking for the remaining digits.

Revolut itself has reported sending up to 80 suspicious activity reports per day to An Garda Síochána — a figure that gives some sense of the volume of fraud attempts its Irish customers are facing.^[2] In January 2026, Revolut launched a new in-app security feature specifically to combat this problem, introducing verified in-app calls so customers could instantly confirm whether a call was genuinely from Revolut or not.^[3]

Revolut has over 3 million customers in Ireland and more than 65 million users worldwide — which makes it an enormously attractive impersonation target. The bigger the brand, the more people will instinctively trust a call claiming to represent it.

How the Scam Typically Progresses

If a target answers and engages, the call typically follows one of two paths. In the first, the caller asks the target to "verify" their identity by providing card details, a one-time passcode, or their PIN. In the second — increasingly common — the caller insists that the target's account has been compromised and that they need to move their money to a temporary "secure" account. That account belongs to the scammer.

The Amazon Spain angle is a specific lure chosen because it sounds plausible. Amazon is used by most Irish households. A charge from Amazon in another country sounds like exactly the kind of suspicious activity a bank might call about. The scammers know this. The scenario is engineered to trigger a fear response that overrides critical thinking.

What to Do If You Receive One of These Calls

1. Hang up immediately. Do not engage, do not try to determine if it is real by asking questions, do not press any buttons. Just end the call.
2. Open the Revolut app directly. If you are concerned about your account, open the app yourself — do not use any link or number provided by the caller. Check your transaction history. If everything looks normal, it almost certainly is.
3. Freeze your card if you have any doubt. The Revolut app allows you to freeze your card instantly. It takes three seconds and can be reversed just as quickly if there turns out to be no issue.
4. Report through the app. Use the in-app chat to report the call to Revolut's fraud team. This helps them track patterns and warn other customers.
5. Report to Garda Síochána. File a report at your local Garda station or online at garda.ie. Even if no money was lost, reporting matters — it builds the picture that allows Gardaí to act.
6. Tell people around you. Elderly relatives and less tech-savvy friends are particularly vulnerable. A thirty-second conversation about this scam could save someone significant money and distress.

The Broader Pattern

This Revolut scam is one variant of a much larger wave of bank impersonation fraud hitting Ireland. AIB, Bank of Ireland, and other institutions have all issued fraud warnings in recent months. Bank of Ireland's fraud prevention team handled over 10,000 calls in the Christmas period alone, including 400 on Christmas Day.^[4] Fraudsters are not taking days off.

The tactics are evolving. AI-generated voices are being used to clone the sound of bank staff. Spoofed phone numbers are being used to make calls appear to come from official bank numbers. Google Meet, as this incident shows, is now being added to the toolkit. The platforms change; the goal — creating enough urgency and credibility to make someone act before they think — stays the same.

The best defence is the simplest one: slow down. Any call that pressures you to act immediately, that asks you to provide details or move money, and that you did not initiate yourself, should be treated as suspicious until proven otherwise. Hang up. Open the app. Check directly.