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DEVASTATED: RSPCA shop manager Alison Tomlin
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Callous collectors
5/ 5/2008
BOGUS collectors pretending to raise money for Meg, the puppy who had its leg broken when it was beaten by a gang of children with sticks, have been preying on kind hearted shoppers.
Two young men were seen on Tuesday evening outside the Morrisons store posing as official RSPCA volunteers and rattling buckets with pictures of Meg stuck on.
The scam only came to light when a lady who had made a donation to the youths mentioned them to a genuine RSPCA volunteer who realised they had not organised an evening collection.
Alison Tomlin, who is manager of the RSPCA shop on Market Street and has been organising the collection, said: “We are all devastated that someone could do this.
“We want people to know that if it is a genuine RSPCA collection, the volunteers will be in uniform or have identification badges. We also only collect between the hours of 9am and 4.30pm.”
For the latest on Meg's recovery see Thursday's Advertiser.
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