Oregon teens buy fake gold bars, sell as real thing to duped customers

http://www.oregonlive.com ^ | 3/17/17 | Allan Brettman

[Rebelbase]

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.

[gaijin]

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.

[sagar]

Enterprising yoots.

[relictele]

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

[PAR35]

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.

[heterosupremacist]

Caveat emptor. Yes, buyer beware - and these young'uns will have profitable careers on Wall Street!

[Davy Crocket]

Enterprising yoots.

COULD BE YUTES!!

[Tawiskaro]

What site?

[mylife]

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

[Paladin2]

Wolfram is pretty interesting stutt.

[Rebelbase]

The guy who associated with 40 Thieves.

[posterchild]

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

[Larry Lucido]

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!

[Seruzawa]

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.

[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.

[Parley Baer]

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

...in training.

[marktwain]

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

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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.

[SaveFerris]

[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

[BobL]

“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.

[SaveFerris]

[Step 2: ?]

Glenn Beck and Goldline!