WATERLOO - A woman's screams scared off two men who attempted to rob her at knifepoint in the area of Hickory and Hazel streets Friday morning.

Waterloo Regional Police said the woman was approached by two men shortly after 1 a.m. The men asked to use her cellphone and when she refused a knife was pointed at her.

They told her to give them everything she had. The woman screamed and the men took off.

The woman was not hurt and no property was stolen.

The men are described as black and in their early 20s with an average build. One man is bald or had a shaved head and was wearing a red T-shirt and black shorts, while the other man was wearing black pants and a white-hooded shirt.

Police checked the area for the men but were unsuccessful in finding them.

Anyone with information can call police at 519-653-7700.