A small business owner in Mount Pearl says she was the victim of a scam, and is warning others ahead of the holidays.

Claudia Fimbres, owner of Mamacita Latin Kitchen and Market, told CBC News she unknowingly signed up for a fake seasonal market, at the cost of $150.

“I started digging more and then it’s like … it’s gone. There was no post about it, there was no information,” Fimbres said. “I never heard back [from] them.”

Fimbres said she saw the Facebook post in November. The poster was calling for vendors to join a holiday market in the historic St. John’s neighbourhood Quidi Vidi on Dec. 6 and Dec. 7. The venue would be the Quidi Vidi Village Artisan Studios.

Fimbres said she reached out to the Facebook poster, was asked for $100 to book a small booth and got an email back with an

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