The Canadian Federation of the Blind (CFB) is cautioning the public after nationwide reports of alleged grocery store scams involving people posing as non-profit officials to collect donations.
The CFB said reports of scams first started trickling in three months ago and ramped up in January. Both officials and members of the public have spotted fraudulent displays in grocery stores across the province including in London, Chatham and Ingersoll, said officials.
Often those incidents involve an individual behind a table that has a donation box and so-called CFB banners and information sheets on it. Some displays also include signs that show a person in a wheelchair, with both a cane and a guide dog.