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title: "City of Ottawa warns of fake email targeting sports teams before winter registration"
description: "A fraudulent email is posing as a City of Ottawa field and facility allocator, offering sports teams a chance to reserve fields for next season. The City says delete it."
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last_updated: "2026-11-04T23:08:02.967Z"
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The City of Ottawa is warning residents not to open or click links in a fake email that claims to come from a City field and facility allocator, CityNews Ottawa reported on November 4.

The fraudulent email is targeting sports teams and community groups. It offers a special deal to reserve City-owned fields and diamonds for next season. The City says the offer is not real. A field and facility allocator is the City service that handles bookings for sports fields, baseball diamonds and other outdoor recreation spaces across Ottawa.

## How to spot the fake

According to the City, two things show the email is not genuine. The sender uses a Gmail address. All real emails from the City of Ottawa come from addresses ending in @ottawa.ca. The email also links to a site that is not the City's official ottawa.ca website.

The City is asking anyone who receives this email to delete it without clicking any links. Any link in the message could leave a recipient open to scammers, the City says.

The timing is important. Many sports teams and recreation groups in Ottawa receive emails from the City this time of year, because field and facility registration for the winter and spring seasons opens soon. The fake email is designed to look credible to anyone expecting a booking invitation.

## What to do if you clicked

Anyone who clicked a link in the email and may have shared personal information should call Ottawa Police at 613-236-1222. The City advises contacting police as soon as possible to report the incident.

## Real registration dates

This warning comes just as the City is about to open registration for winter activities. Real registration opens in two rounds: November 17 and November 19, through the official City of Ottawa website at ottawa.ca. Do not use any link from the fraudulent email to register.

If you are a sports team or community group looking to book fields for the coming season, go directly to ottawa.ca to sign up when registration opens on November 17.

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