Alert over bogus official

The Eastern Health Board has issued a warning about a bogus official who has called to Dublin houses looking for money

The Eastern Health Board has issued a warning about a bogus official who has called to Dublin houses looking for money. The man, claiming to be a community welfare officer, called to the home of an elderly blind woman in Ballybrack, Co Dublin, last week. He said there had been an overpayment of her pension and demanded £30.

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