Warning over bogus callers posing as state officials

GARDAÍ in south Kerry have advised people to beware of bogus callers to their homes pretending to represent the health services and other state agencies.

Warning over bogus callers posing as state officials

They are also appealing for assistance with their investigations into the larceny of a substantial sum of money from an elderly man in the Sneem area. At least two people were involved in the crime.

It is understood that a person who called to the man’s house had some queries relating to his medical card and posed as a HSE official. After giving the man a lift into Sneem village, it is believed they returned to his house and made off with the money.

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