These customers were promised shipping containers. Now they're out thousands of dollars

Submitted by Elsewhere on 2021-Jan-04 Mon 05:00

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/shipping-container-scam-kijiji-1.5857380?cmp=rss

2021-Jan-04 Mon 05:00

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500Foods shared this story from CBC | Canada News.

Scammers are duping Canadians out of tens of thousands of dollars with the promise of new shipping containers — and they're bringing down legitimate companies with them.

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