Two of the Island’s charities are warning the public —especially the elderly — to be on the look-out for people falsely claiming they are collecting cash.

Last month the Diabetes Association said a man was soliciting at homes for a diabetes walk — when there was no event.

And now Caroline Armstrong, the Director of Supportive Therapy for Aids Persons and their Relatives (STAR) and Ann Smith Gordon, the President and CEO of PALS said both charities had also been targeted.

Mrs. Armstrong said a man was going door-to-door in the Southampton and Somerset areas with a pledge sheet claiming to be raising money for World Aids Day.

She said she had received at least seven phone calls from people who had given donations to this man and she wanted to warn the public.

She said: “I got a call from a gentleman who was able to identify the person and we did get the Police involved.

“We have a responsibility to the public. We are not soliciting and we are not door-to-door solicitors. I did learn that the elderly are being targeted.

“I have received seven calls this morning from people who had the same experience. We do know he has a pledge sheet with lots of names on it.

“Bermuda has been very kind to STAR and we certainly wouldn’t want them to be abused.”

And Ms Smith Gordon said PALS had been contacted because an individual had also been knocking on doors to raise money for cancer organisations.