Ornge warns of door-to-door canvassing scheme posing as them for cash donations [Video]

Ontario’s air ambulance service has issued a warning of a door-to-door scam with canvassers posing as them.

Ornge said in a social media post Wednesday that it received reports of fake canvassers soliciting donations. 

So far, there have been two reports shared with Ornge that happened within days of each other, a spokesperson told CTV News Toronto. One happened in the Kennedy Road and St. Clair Avenue area in Scarborough, and the other at an undisclosed location in Ancaster.

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“Although a registered charity, Ornge does not solicit donations and does not canvas door-to-door. Stay vigilant and report suspicious activity,” the statement reads.

This is not the first health-care organization to have recently reported fraudulent door-to-door canvassing on their behalf.

In November 2023, a man allegedly knocked on several doors throughout Toronto’s downtown core asking for cash donations on behalf of the SickKids Foundation. The accused would wear …