International students in Kitchener, Ont. lose thousands of dollars to alleged rental scam

Harsh Patel showed up on move-in day at his Kitchener, Ont. apartment to find more than a dozen strangers trying to do the same.

Patel, an international student at Conestoga College, said he was shocked and confused when he found out the unit wasn’t really available for rent.

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