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When a scammer calls, silence is golden. ‘People are losing their life savings’: Seven Maryland residents lost $6.3 million in a gold bar scam targeting seniors. How to make sure this doesn ...
And then, there's the plain old cash grab. The FBI has outlined what it calls a new "phantom hacker" scam beginning in 2023 where couriers are used to retrieve cash and precious metals, like gold ...
The Better Business Bureau has compiled its naughty list of the top 12 scams that take advantage of shoppers during the holiday season.
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For instance, in November 2009, the BBC's Newsbeat program had gold valued by an independent gold bullion dealer in Mayfair, London, at around 300 GBP. Three jewelers in Hatton Garden then offered similar amounts for the same collection; Cash4Gold's valuation cheque was for 63 GBP, raised to 100 GBP when the researcher called to get their gold ...
A recovery room scam is a form of advance-fee fraud where the scammer (sometimes posing as a law enforcement officer or attorney) calls investors who have been sold worthless shares (for example in a boiler-room scam), and offers to buy them, to allow the investors to recover their investments. [92]
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 ...
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