Brock has alerted township and wider Durham residents about a fraudulent email that claims to have been sent from the township.
“Fraud emails have been sent to members of the public pretending to be the Clerk/Deputy CAO Fernando Lamanna,” said the township.
“Please DO NOT OPEN and delete immediately,” it advised.
The township said its security team is working on the situation.
“We apologize for the inconvenience and confusion this may have caused”.
The township did not disclose the content of the fraudulent email.