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Oil field training scam targets two Peterborough students

Two students from Fleming College in Peterborough, Ont. fell prey to a scammer who claimed to offer specialized training for those looking to work in the oil fields in western Canada.

The two students paid $800 each for what they believed was going to be specialized training at a Lindsay area gravel pit. However, when they arrived at the pit, nobody was there. The men began to investigate and discovered the course was fraudulent, and their money was lost.

Read more at Kawartha Lakes Police

This article is summarized by Canadian Fraud News Inc.