Beat the clock and bad guys: New escape room aims to tackle ‘huge problem’ [Video]

Canadians got scammed out of half a billion dollars last year and that’s only from people who reported getting swindled.

Now, a fun opportunity in Calgary aims to tackle the serious situation.

The Canada Revenue Agency escape room is stationed at Market Mall from Oct. 4 to 6.

You have to try and work your way out by sorting the swindlers from the real message before the clock runs out, and it is not as easy as it seems.

“The average score is about 60 to 70 per cent, so the vast majority of people are still kind of falling victim — well, ‘victim’ in the escape room — to some of these scams,” said CRA spokesperson David Nunes.

He said the interactive experience to help people detect the latest fraud techniques is inspired by a growing number of real cases.

“Canadians were scammed last year alone for over $500 …