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An elderly farmer in Roscommon lost €400 in cash to a scam artist, according to Shannonside Radio.
The incident happened on the 21 September when a man called to the farmer’s house near Crannagh in Roscommon and claimed his car had been involved in a road accident caused by cattle owned by the farmer.
The man insisted on being paid a sum in compensation for the supposed accident, and the farmer handed over €400 in cash.
When the farmer went down to the road to investigate what had happened he could see no sign of any accident having taken place, and the man had vanished with the farmers cash.
Garda appeal
The scam artist was described as being clean shaven and wearing a brown suit. He is approximately 5’’10 in height and has thick fair hair. Garda crime prevention officer Sergeant Paul McDermott is appealing for witnesses to come forward with any information.
Rural crime
According to the latest figures from the Irish Farmers Journal Red C poll of 1,000 farmers, rural crime is on the increase with 40% of people saying that they had been victims of rural crime. The figure has gone up 2% since the last Red C poll by the Irish Farmers Journal in 2015.
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