Caution urged over bogus caller

A RESEARCH group at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and the Health Services Executive (HSE) have warned the public not to be duped by a bogus fundraiser who is contacting people by phone and urging them to buy raffle tickets to help fight blindness.

The Macular Pigment Research Group at WIT has been informed a man has been “cold calling” members of the public, urging them to buy tickets to help fund ongoing research at the college into failing eyesight.

The man has told callers he is fundraising on behalf of WIT and the HSE. At least one woman has already bought tickets from the bogus collector.