I'd bet you have no chance of getting your money back and it's been an expensive experience, but you won't get scammed again in a hurry. |
The law two or three years ago was such that individual Canadians who were scammed had to bear the brunt of it. |
Until people have been scammed, they will never get scammed so they do not have to worry about it. |
However these rules will not stop you from being scammed as a scam is more psychological than anything else. |
Anyone who thinks they are self-publishing by using a vanity press are being scammed by the vanity publisher. |
The fun of seeing the scammers get scammed and double-crossers double-cross each other is ruined by the nastiness of the characters' behaviour. |