Police (north bay)North Bay Police are advising local daycare centres and home daycare providers to be vigilant when it comes to cheques and money orders for reserving childcare spaces.

This after an investigation into a complaint about numerous emails to a local daycare.

Police say the scam is being done by a person who identifies themselves as Cleve James Frosh and uses the account froshjames@icloud.com.

The person claims to be a single dad on vacation in Mexico and can’t book childcare services in person or by phone.

He then sends a fraudulent money order to reserve a daycare spot, asking the recipient to return a portion of the funds when he can can’t make it for the beginning of the reservation.