Editor: A few months ago, my sister bought a car through the popular Craigslist website.

A few weeks ago, a police officer knocked on her door, informing her she had a stolen car in her possession and promptly towed it away. The car, a beautiful Mazda, had its VIN switched. So when she went with the 鈥渙wner鈥� to register it with ICBC and proceed with transfer papers, no red flags came up (until later).

This was a hard and expensive lesson to learn for my sister, and as the guy she bought it from was so smooth, seemingly genuine, friendly, and produced all the receipts for various oil changes and minor repairs etc., it was a total shock.

Many of us buy and sell merchandise constantly on Craigslist, including vehicles (I sold two myself), so this is a grim warning to all of us. Amazingly, my sister鈥檚 story has a happy ending.

She shared her story with friends and family (who wouldn鈥檛?) and with a Christian co-worker. This co-worker felt called to then share my sister鈥檚 story on her Facebook page, and with an incredible response from those who read it, she was able to present my sister with a cheque for over $5,000. The co-worker鈥檚 words were only 鈥済ive God the glory.鈥� Amen, sister.

J. Wildeboer,

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