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  2. This Queens woman got swindled out of $700K in life savings ...

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    This Queens woman got swindled out of $700K in life savings in shocking gold bar scam — here’s how it works and the 3 red flags to watch out for. Danielle Antosz. January 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM.

  3. A Washington senior lost her life savings of $624K in a gold ...

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    Protect yourself from dangerous scam. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center has seen a spike in similar gold bar scams, which target vulnerable seniors. Between May and December 2023, victims ...

  4. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    Best practices • Don't enable the "use less secure apps" feature. • Don't reply to any SMS request asking for a verification code. • Don't respond to unsolicited emails or requests to send money.

  5. ‘People are losing their life savings’: Seven Maryland ...

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  6. Salting (confidence trick) - Wikipedia

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    In mineral exploration, salting is the fraudulent practice of adding valuable metals and gemstones, particularly gold or diamond, to ore samples from a mine to inflate the apparent value of the deposit.

  7. Great Diamond Hoax - Wikipedia

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    Robert Greene and Joost Elffers, The 48 Laws of Power ISBN 978-0-14-028019-7 (references this scam in Law 21 Play a Sucker to catch a Sucker - Seem Dumber than your Mark) King, Clarence. 1872. Copy of official letter, addressed November 11, 1872, to the Board of Directors of the San Francisco and New York Mining and Commercial Company ...

  8. Overpayment scam - Wikipedia

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    An overpayment scam, also known as a refund scam, is a type of confidence trick designed to prey upon victims' good faith.In the most basic form, an overpayment scam consists of a scammer claiming, falsely, to have sent a victim an excess amount of money.

  9. Couple duped in ‘very unusual’ gold bar scam loses $115,000 ...

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    A Nebraska couple was recently scammed out of $115,000 in a “very unusual” and “scary” fraud scheme, investigators say. A couple — ages 71 and 68 — were at their home in Lancaster ...