Scammers trick N.B. minor hockey teams into sending them fees for tournaments

A scam targeting minor hockey teams has made it to New Brunswick and some teams have already fallen victim to the cons. The scam works by offering a spot at a minor hockey tournament and then collecting registration fees from the applicant. A few of our members have been contacted and in some cases some teams have I've sent e-transfers for tournaments that don't actually exist. We're getting emails every day. I myself am getting emails from people I guess disguising themselves as tournament organizers asking Hockey and Brunswick to send the information out. We're working with our web provider. We've encouraged our members to contact the RCMP when they receive these phishing attempts and these scams, but it seems to be becoming more and more rampant every day. Two teams under the Oromocto Minor Hockey Association sent money to the scammers. Usually you need to book your tournaments really fast at the beginning of the season. A lot of times they're already full, so when you receive an email saying, hey, we have a spot open for this tournament, It gets everyone excited and we usually jump right on it before we lose that spot again. It makes me really angry because it's affecting kids. It's late. Scams are wrong. Doing it against kids, I think it's really low. It's bad. The New Brunswick RCMP says it is still investigating reports from the public regarding these scams.