Beware of scam emails asking companies to register for bogus federal contracts, government warns

OTTAWA – The federal government is warning of a new COVID-19 scam after fraudsters masquerading as the government’s procurement department recently sent out two waves of phishing emails trying to steal workers’ private information.The scam involves unsolicited emails purportedly from the federal government asking the recipient to register to qualify for an unidentified “project.”In early September, and then again last week, Public Services and Procurement Canada po