Elderly residents targeted by heartless fraudsters
LOCAL residents have been warned to be on their guard after an elderly man in a northside estate was targeted by fraudsters.
Councillor Kenneth Flood, who is also Chairperson of the Drogheda Joint Policing Committee said he was contacted by an elderly man’s concerned neighbours on Drogheda’s Northside after he was targeted.
He said last Tuesday, August 22nd, threethree men in a white van called to this gentleman’s door claiming he needed his gutters cleared.
‘ They demanded an exorbitant €250 for the job which he paid because he felt coerced into doing so and after pretending to do the work they left without doing anything,’ he said.
Cllr Flood then related that: ‘ The next day two different men in a white transit van called to the same gentleman’s home and claimed he needed work done to his roof. Luckily, on this occasion, they were challenged by the elderly man’s neighbours who were aware of what had happened the previous day and they quickly left the area.’
Cllr Flood was concerned at the very deliberate targeting of this elderly man. ‘I am advised by his neighbours that he is now terrified that he will be targeted again. I would urge residents not to agree to anything on the doorstep and to keep a particular eye on elderly and vulnerable neighbours who may be having work done,’ he said.