A Quebec man felt confident selling his luxury Rolex to a buyer he connected with on Facebook Marketplace after watching him count out the bills out on his kitchen counter. But hours later, he realized he had been duped with a "sleight-of-hand" trick and that the envelope he had been handed was filled with coupon clippings, not cash.
Laurent Mattel, who lives in a suburb north of Montreal, said in a radio interview via CBC News that he felt his legs "turn to jelly" when he realized that...