Gardaí in Kilkenny have urged people to beware of bogus callers after receiving new fraud complaints in recent weeks. Officers are specifically urging people to be wary of any tradesperson who calls to your door offering to carry out works. The recent case involves an injured party living in the south east who paid “a […]
Kilkenny gardai have urged householders to beware of “bogus tradespeople” who are preying on the elderly and vulnerable as the winter nights set in. A local garda spokesperson confirmed they have recieved reports of con artists overcharging unsuspecting victims for “grossly substandard and overpriced” work on their homes. The poskesperson added:
Bogus tradesmen are targeting vulnerable residents across Kilkenny while the Covid-19 restrictions remain in place, local gardai have warned. It follows a number of “very recent” reports to gardai in Kilkenny and neighbouring Carlow involving thieves posing as handymen calling to homes in parts of both counties. A local Garda spokesperson said: “We urge