TORONTO --
Ontario banned door-to-door sales in March of 2018 when aggressive sales staff were misleading homeowners into buying or renting furnaces and air conditioners.
During the pandemic, the Toronto Police Service said it's happening again and they just charged someone with impersonating a safety inspector.
Const. Julie Campbell with Toronto police’s fraud division said the suspect was targeting people who just bought a new home and said he was there to conduct an inspection to make sure the furnace was working properly.
“Once they were inside the home and downstairs the suspect immediately said the furnace is outdated and we need to sell you a new one and I have some buddies that can do it for cash and it will save you a lot of money," Julie Campbell said.