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  2. 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.

  3. 6 Investment Scam Red Flags and How To Avoid Them - AOL

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    Even more frightening is how investing scams are becoming more and more tech savvy by the day, with scammers able to bypass dual authentication blocks and design illegitimate websites or portals ...

  4. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    The Brothers was a large investment operation in Costa Rica, from the late 1980s until 2002, eventually exposed as a Ponzi scheme. The fund was operated by brothers Luis Enrique and Osvaldo Villalobos. Investigators determined that the scam took in at least $400 million.

  5. The Naughty List: Five gold rings could be part of the 12 ...

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    The Better Business Bureau has compiled its naughty list of the top 12 scams that take advantage of shoppers during the holiday season.

  6. E-gold - Wikipedia

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    E-gold was a target of financial malware and phishing scams by criminal syndicates and was used for illegal activities. In December 2005, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided G&SR's offices, seizing files and hardware, as part of an investigation into e-gold's use in criminal activities.

  7. Don't be fooled by gold jewelry buying scams

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    Don't let the promise of quick cash for your gold jewelry lure you into a bad deal from a buyer using an inaccurate scale. New Jersey's Office of Weights and Measures has cited 49 businesses for ...

  8. International Gold Bullion Exchange - Wikipedia

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    International Gold Bullion Exchange was founded in 1979 by brothers William and James Alderdice. It grew to be reportedly the largest retail gold bullion dealer in the United States. [1] It offered sale and storage of gold and silver bullion and coins. The company would sell gold bullion at a discount if the buyer agreed to postpone taking ...

  9. Beware of Scammers Peddling Gold

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