An Orillia, Ont. man is out $1,200 after buying what he believed to be a gold bar from an online seller. The bar he bought was advertised as one ounce of gold. A test found it’s actually $0.25 worth of gold-plated copper.
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.
There's a sucker born every minute.....P. T. Barnum
I wonder just how far away they saw this guy coming.....
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/fa ... -1.4368801
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?
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
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.