PEI·NewThe Charlottetown Farmers’ Market is warning local businesses that someone is impersonating the market’s email account in an attempt to run a scam.‘I’m embarrassed about the situation because it’s coming from my name,’ says market’s executive directorThinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Jun 11, 2025 10:04 AM EDT | Last Updated: 26 minutes agoPolina Puchkova, executive director of the Charlottetown Farmers’ Market, says businesses have been contacted through a fraudulent email address and offered pop-up space at an upcoming event in exchange for an up-front payment. (Charlottetown Farmers’ Market/Instagram)The Charlottetown Farmers’ Market is warning local businesses that someone is impersonating the market’s email account in an attempt to run a scam.Polina Puchkova, the market’s executive director, said someone has created an email address that looks nearly identical to the market’s real one, but ends in @aol.com instead of @gmail.com.The scammer is using Puchkova’s name to contact businesses — both those that have previously applied to be vendors at the market and others that staff have never communicated with — offering pop-up space at an upcoming event in exchange for an up-front payment.”It’s very sad because such businesses don’t make a whole lot of money already, and we’re all struggling,” Puchkova told CBC News.”I would be very honest, I’m embarrassed about the situation because it’s coming from my name.”
Charlottetown Farmers’ Market warns local businesses of email scam targeting vendors
