Cowichan hockey team warns of email scam targeting potential BCHL food vendors
Published 2:37 pm Monday, December 8, 2025
The Cowichan Valley Capitals’ front-office staff are warning area vendors about a scam where thieves are pretending to be them.
“We’ve been made aware of a scam email going around of people pretending to be our business operations department asking for vendors. Please do NOT reply!” wrote the team on Facebook.
Capitals business and sales direstor Melanie Molleken said the team will only send emails coming from @cowichancapitals.com and if you receive an email and you think it could be suspicious, email her directly at melanie@cowichancapitals.com.
The Capitals are not the only BCHL team facing the scam, as other teams in the league have reported similar instances, she said.
To date, a few food vendors have been duped into making deposits for what they believed were the exclusive rights for Capitals games and team staff hope to warn others to be vigilant.
A similar sophisticated scam involving thieves impersonating BC Lions representatives was reported this summer.
Would-be vendors were emailed by the scammers inviting them to operate at the football team’s home opener. At least one vendor told media they’d paid their vendor fees and submitted their credit card information only to find out when they arrived at the stadium to set up that they’d been duped.
