If a young couple knocks on your door asking for money for Shirley Shuttle Incorporated, don’t be fooled.
The charity, which is its 17th year of transporting cancer patients to their treatments on the Central Coast, has issued a scam warning.
“We have been made aware of a young couple circulating the area in yellow Cancer Council branded shirts who are soliciting donations for Shirley Shuttle, mostly from elderly people, by door knocking,” a spokesperson said on a recent Facebook post.
“They are specifically asking for regular payments via bank or credit card transfers, and are asking if the person lives alone.
“Shirley Shuttle Inc does not solicit donations door to door, and we are concerned that this couple are targeting and robbing vulnerable people.
“The couple are quite knowledgeable about Shirley Shuttle, and could possibly have been employed by the Cancer Council to fundraise for their organisation in the past (hence the Cancer Council uniform), so they are quite convincing.”
“We were first alerted about them last month in the Morisset area, but they have been seen operating in Point Frederick this week,” the spokesperson said.
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