ALZHEIMER Scotland has warned the public to look out for bogus doorstep callers falsely claiming to represent the charity.

Police Scotland says it has received numerous calls from concerned members of the public recently reporting people knocking at their doors and claiming to be from the dementia charity.

Police followed up the reports with the charity, who confirmed that the bogus callers don't work for the organisation.

A spokesperson for Alzheimer Scotland said: "Alzheimer Scotland are very proud of the support that we have built over the years and the many different ways that we, and our supporters, raise funds.

"However, there are some fund-raising tactics that we do not believe in, or take part in.

"We do not conduct any door-to-door or cold telephone fundraising, and we would not condone this type of fundraising taking place on our behalf.

"We have had some very recent reports where someone has come to their door purporting to be from a dementia charity, and the householder has believed this to be Alzheimer Scotland.

"There are other charities in the dementia field who we know fund-raise in this manner, but we wanted to reassure you that this is not in any way related to Alzheimer Scotland."