Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network
Despite being conned out of their savings by an online scam, a family’s luck has turned around after their story was broadcast on the radio—and it’s completely renewed their faith in humanity.
Nathan and Madison Donovan were in the market for a car to drive so she could begin working at a downtown call center.
Nathan has been unable to work after breaking his back in a car accident several years ago and since the bus system in Moncton, New Brunswick doesn’t run at night, Madison needed the car to go back to work and get the small family off of social assistance.
When they found an online loan company, they applied for a car loan of $7,000. The company required a $600 deposit as collateral, and the couple forked over their savings in hopes of being one step closer to getting an automobile.
Days after they made the $600 payment, however, the company’s website was taken down and the couple’s calls went unanswered. Heartbroken, they contacted CBC News about telling their story as a means of preventing other families from making the same mistake.
“It would get us up out of the hole we’re in,” Nathan told the news outlet about their attempt to get a…
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