Grey County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wish to alert the public to the "Hitman" scam after a Georgian Bluffs Township resident received an email on July 3, 2016 from an unknown person identifying themselves as a "Serial Killer" who has been paid to kill the recipient of the email.The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) continue to receive complaints on the hitman scam and they, together with Grey County OPP, advise the public to ignore these emails which use death threats to frighten and scam the public.

These emails claim that "you have been betrayed by someone" and that they have been hired to "kill you". The emails go on to say that at a cost (usually double what the hitman was paid), the scammer will cancel the contract and provide the name of the individual who hired him.

The CAFC has many copies of these emails on file. Should you receive such an email, do not respond - delete it!

To see examples of "hitman" type emails, visit the CAFC website at www.antifraudcentre.com.

Fraud .... Recognize it.....Reject it.....Report it!

source: media release, Grey County OPP