Spate of door-to-door conmen targeting elderly

THERE have been a number of bogus caller incidents in the county areas of north and east Cork in the past few months, with the elderly especially being targeted.

Gardaí have provided the Irish Examiner with a list of some of the recent incidents, but believe there were many more which were unreported.

August 18: A man called to the door of a 90-year-old woman at Bweeng, Mallow, and claimed he had hit her dog with his car. He said the injured animal had scampered around the back of her house. She said she didn’t own a dog, but went to the rear of her house to check if one was there. Meanwhile, the caller, described as being 30 to 40 and with dark hair, entered her house and robbed her of cash.