An asthma charity has released a warning to the public about a scam involving a fake volunteer allegedly going door-to-door selling calendars.
The CEO of Asthma Society of Ireland revealed they had been informed an 'individual' was posing as one of their charity workers and taking donations by selling calendars in Dublin city centre on Monday.
However, the society claim they are not collecting any donations door-to-door and slammed the bogus volunteer saying they are 'stealing' from a good cause after a "difficult year."
Sarah O'Connor, CEO of Asthma Ireland, took to Twitter to report the scam and urged members of the public to inform the guards if they are targeted by the fraudster.
She wrote: "We have been notified by a member of the public that an individual in Dublin City is going door-to-door, purportedly selling calendars on behalf of @AsthmaIreland.
"We are not undertaking door-to-door collections of any sort. Please notify us or @gardainfo if you experience this."
She continued: "Firstly, I absolutely hate that a member of the public is being approached dishonestly, and sometimes with a note of aggression.
"Secondly, it feels so wrong that people would essentially steal a donation from a charity in this particular year, when fundraising is so so difficult."
