[Newsbot]

Title: Gold purchased inside Ont. Tim Hortons for $1,200 worth less than a small coffee
Category: Misc CDN
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2017-12-21 18:51:59
Canadian

[Hyack]

Caveat emptor.......

There's a sucker born every minute.....P. T. Barnum

I wonder just how far away they saw this guy coming.....

[DrCaleb]

Some banks had a similar problem with fake gold - and with a Canadian Mint seal!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fa ... -1.4368801

[BartSimpson]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Some banks had a similar problem with fake gold - and with a Canadian Mint seal!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fa ... -1.4368801

My guess is your government didn't expect anyone to question the product they were selling to consumers.

Curious, is it actually a 'counterfeit' when it's produced by a government mint?

[DrCaleb]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

Some banks had a similar problem with fake gold - and with a Canadian Mint seal!

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fa ... -1.4368801

My guess is your government didn't expect anyone to question the product they were selling to consumers.

Curious, is it actually a 'counterfeit' when it's produced by a government mint?

The Mint itself was scammed when a third party produced counterfeit products. The Mint was not involved. No different than "Microsoft is tracking this email" scams.

Fake gold not ours, mint says

[BartSimpson]

DrCaleb DrCaleb:

No different than "Microsoft is tracking this email" scams.

Funny thing is that if you analyze the headers in most emails you'll find that this claim is literally true.