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Hello 'ceebeestars',
What you are seeing are listings from American sellers in the hated (by Canadians) GSP, or
Global Shipping Program.
American sellers were roped into that whether they wanted it or not. A seller who has always had his
listings set up for US-only may not even know his wares appear internationally. There is truly no fraud
going on.
If you buy the item, you will receive it (eventually) because the seller ships his item to Kentucky, where
it is rerouted (and sometimes repackaged!) and sent on to you in Canada. There are some US sellers
who like the system because they maintain that their obligation ends when the item arrives in Kentucky.
Other US sellers who value Canadian business have taken their listings out of the GSP to make them
more 'Canada friendly'. One US seller I have bought from occasionally once told me that half his stuff
comes to Canada. Probably an exaggeration, but still . . . . .
When you see that phrase Ships to: United States and many other coutries, -- that is a seller who formerly
had his/her listings set up for US-only. Other clues:
When you scroll through the listings, be sure your Search is set up for List, not Gallery, and as you scroll
down you will see the grey announcement Customs services and international tracking provided.
That means GSP, and the seller may be content about shipping internationally - or not.
When you click on a GSP listing it shouts out "No additional import charges at delivery!", as if they were
giving you a real bargain. It's not the seller who's put that in, it's the GSP folks.
Most Canadians avoid GSP listings like a highly contagious fatal disease.
If you like the item and the listing does not specifically say 'no outsiders', you could always ask if the seller will
ship it to you using plain old USPS First Class International to Canada. The cost would be a lot less than the GSP fee.
But you're right, -- Americans who do not want to sell outside the US should not be made to, and in the past
there was a perfectly adequate system. Those sellers who were internationally-friendly could set up their listings
and offer First Class or Priority, and the isolationists could keep themselves to themselves.
In future you might like to try to avoid GSP listings like the rest of us, -- and ask yourself this: Even if you do
get the item, do you really want to buy from someone who in any other circumstance would not want you
to have it?
Best of luck 
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