Leila Mekki Berrada, new to marathon running, had set her sights on Montreal’s big race at the end of September. But she wasn’t prepared to get swindled—twice—before securing a spot in the sold-out marathon.
As marathon running increases in popularity across the country, scammers are seeing an easy way to make money from people who are inexperienced with the system to transfer bibs—the name for the official number that identifies each racer.
