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Oregon teens buy fake gold bars, sell as real thing to duped customers
http://www.oregonlive.com ^ | 3/17/17 | Allan Brettman

Posted on 05/08/2017 7:10:10 PM PDT by Rebelbase

Bend police have arrested a pair of 17-year-old boys and accused them of selling artificial gold bars as the real thing to unsuspecting customers.

The suspects received over $50,000 in cash and other goods for the artificial gold, according to a Bend Police Department news release. Bend police recovered some of the money used to purchase the artificial gold bars.

The suspects were arrested Tuesday at their homes in Bend and jailed in the Deschutes County Juvenile Department.

(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: foolsgold
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Article is from March, didn't see it previously posted. Counterfeits of every conceivable item can be found on one huge Chicom website.

Caveat emptor.

1 posted on 05/08/2017 7:10:10 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Tungsten inside, I’d wager.

People fall for it.

Long ago I heard of a BANK in China falling for this, cost them quite a bit of money, too, I heard.


2 posted on 05/08/2017 7:14:18 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Rebelbase

Enterprising yoots.


3 posted on 05/08/2017 7:14:34 PM PDT by sagar
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To: gaijin

Almost as bad a fraud as the health “insurance” available from the Obamacare exchanges.


4 posted on 05/08/2017 7:15:16 PM PDT by relictele
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To: Rebelbase

Not a whole lot worse than the ‘legitimate’ dealers who ran Ponzi schemes then suddenly went out of business. There were two or three of those a few years ago.


5 posted on 05/08/2017 7:17:41 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Rebelbase
Caveat emptor. Yes, buyer beware - and these young'uns will have profitable careers on Wall Street!
6 posted on 05/08/2017 7:19:10 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
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To: sagar

Enterprising yoots.

COULD BE YUTES!!


7 posted on 05/08/2017 7:20:40 PM PDT by Davy Crocket
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To: Rebelbase
What site?


8 posted on 05/08/2017 7:26:33 PM PDT by Tawiskaro
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To: Rebelbase

I always buy precious metals from 17 year old punks /s


9 posted on 05/08/2017 7:29:02 PM PDT by mylife (the roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: gaijin

Wolfram is pretty interesting stutt.


10 posted on 05/08/2017 7:29:30 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition mobile devices. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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To: Tawiskaro

The guy who associated with 40 Thieves.


11 posted on 05/08/2017 7:30:56 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
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To: mylife

Silly fool. You should stick to nigerian princes like the rest of us.


12 posted on 05/08/2017 7:33:44 PM PDT by posterchild (Treade a worme on the tayle, and it must turne agayne.)
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To: Rebelbase; shibumi

That’s not how you sell gold.

Step1: You start a blog, flog headlines like “Gold is a screaming buy!” Or “Will hit $2000 an ounce!” or “OMG!” on Free Republic.

Step 2: ?

Step 3: Profits!


13 posted on 05/08/2017 7:35:10 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Rebelbase

Anyone who would buy gold off the market from a couple of 17 year olds deserves to lose his money.

In any case... Two future Democrat Party officials.


14 posted on 05/08/2017 7:39:11 PM PDT by Seruzawa (I kill you filthy Vorga.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Actually this scam has been working successfully for years on conservative talk radio. The fact that various hosts accept such advertising impeaches any perception of honesty or integrity.


15 posted on 05/08/2017 7:41:42 PM PDT by Seruzawa (I kill you filthy Vorga.)
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To: Seruzawa

“In any case... Two future Democrat Party officials.”

...in training.


16 posted on 05/08/2017 7:42:49 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Seruzawa

Anyone who would buy gold off the market from a couple of 17 year olds deserves to lose his money.


Says a lot about the viability of gold as a SHTF scenario currency.

Anyone actually have success buying stuff with gold coins?

No one would take mine at a Tucson gun show.


17 posted on 05/08/2017 7:45:30 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Paladin2; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; raygunfan; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON; dfwgator

[Wolfram is pretty interesting stuff]

What is Tungsten or Wolfram? /George Costanza

What is Tungsten or Wolfram? /Alex Trebek

Did you know more people mistake the planet Venus for a UFO than anything else? /Jesse Ventura with Alex Trebek in the background.

Oh, I didn’t say he WAS Alex Trebek. Just that he looked like Alex Trebek. /FBI Special Agent Fox Mulder


18 posted on 05/08/2017 7:48:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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To: Seruzawa

“Actually this scam has been working successfully for years on conservative talk radio. The fact that various hosts accept such advertising impeaches any perception of honesty or integrity.”

I particularly remember the hosts 15 years ago screaming that $400 gold was a GREAT DEAL. What a bunch of idiots.


19 posted on 05/08/2017 7:48:57 PM PDT by BobL (In Honor of the NeverTrumpers, I declare myself as FR's first 'Imitation NeverTrumper')
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To: Larry Lucido

[Step 2: ?]

Glenn Beck and Goldline!


20 posted on 05/08/2017 7:50:05 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
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