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title: "City of Ottawa warns of fake emails offering sports field reservations"
description: "Fraudulent emails posing as the City's Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services are offering teams a 'special priority offer' for field bookings. The City says to delete them and not click any links."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/ottawa-fake-sports-field-emails-2026-10-30"
last_updated: "2026-10-30T23:53:33.060Z"
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The City of Ottawa is warning residents who book sports fields that fraudulent emails are circulating, CTV Ottawa reported on October 30.

The emails pose as the City's Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services and offer sports teams a "special priority offer" for field reservations, CTV reports. The City says a sign of a fake email is that it comes from a Gmail address, not an ottawa.ca address.

## What to do

The City says to delete the email right away and not click any links in it.

Anyone who received one of these emails and shared personal or financial information should call Ottawa Police Service at 613-236-1222, CTV reports. Ottawa Police can be reached at that number for non-emergency reports. The warning from the City, as reported by CTV, does not name who is behind the emails.

## How to book fields

Sports field reservations go through the City of Ottawa's official pages at ottawa.ca. Residents booking fields should use the City's own booking system rather than responding to any email offering a "special" deal or priority access.

The City's Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services department manages the booking of outdoor fields, parks and other facilities. CTV does not report how many teams or residents received the fake emails or when the City first became aware of them.

## How to check if a City email is real

Residents who are not sure whether an email from the City is real should check the sender's address. City of Ottawa emails come from ottawa.ca addresses, not Gmail or other public email services. The City's general contact information and official booking system are at ottawa.ca.

Ottawa Police Service can be reached at 613-236-1222 for non-emergency matters. If you received one of these fake emails and did not share any information, the City's advice is to delete it. Report it to police only if personal or financial information was shared, according to CTV.

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