CANADIANS who fell for a scam spent who spent thousands of dollars on shipping containers from a Nova Scotia company, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), reported CBC News.
The RCMP said the company's website - GCTMM Unlimited Logistics - contains a fictitious civic address in Englishtown, Cape Breton.
Two Ontario residents spent thousands of dollars for shipping containers they never received.
RCMP Cpl Chris Marshall said the containers were purchased from the website, which lists a property in Englishtown as its address, but officers visited the site and found nothing there.
The website seems legitimate at first glance, but it also contains spelling and grammatical errors - including detailing the company's 'vission' and telling customers how to track their 'shippment' - as well as broken links and conflicting hours of operation for the business.
'Those things together would certainly lead to the belief that this is not a legitimate company and whoever set this up is essentially attempting to defraud people,' said Cpl Marshall.
One said they spent C$5,000 (US$4,026) for two containers and the other said they paid C$2,500 for one.
Cpl Marshall said both have tried unsuccessfully to reach anyone from the supposed company to get their product sent or their money back.
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The RCMP said the company's website - GCTMM Unlimited Logistics - contains a fictitious civic address in Englishtown, Cape Breton.
Two Ontario residents spent thousands of dollars for shipping containers they never received.
RCMP Cpl Chris Marshall said the containers were purchased from the website, which lists a property in Englishtown as its address, but officers visited the site and found nothing there.
The website seems legitimate at first glance, but it also contains spelling and grammatical errors - including detailing the company's 'vission' and telling customers how to track their 'shippment' - as well as broken links and conflicting hours of operation for the business.
'Those things together would certainly lead to the belief that this is not a legitimate company and whoever set this up is essentially attempting to defraud people,' said Cpl Marshall.
One said they spent C$5,000 (US$4,026) for two containers and the other said they paid C$2,500 for one.
Cpl Marshall said both have tried unsuccessfully to reach anyone from the supposed company to get their product sent or their money back.
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