Beware of water sample requests, police say

Scam artists are targeting some residents of rural Thunder Bay.

Provincial police have said people in Conmee and O’Connor Townships are getting phone calls in which someone says he wants to visit to get a water sample.

The caller falsely claims to be working for the township.

Thunder Bay OPP said the scam sounds similar to a fraud recently highlighted on CBC's Marketplace program.

Once the person gets a water sample, he then tries to sell the property-owner an expensive water filtration system.

Police are advising the public to be wary of these types of scams and to know that the townships are not soliciting for water samples in the Thunder Bay area.