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anyone ever heard of independent living bullion?

bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Saw a link to this page today. Does it look legit? anyone ever heard of them? it was served up to me as an ad



enter to win a free 2 pound silver coin

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  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    once you enter you can't block all of their subsequent spam or you'll never know if you are a winner. Old trick to keep their spam coming through to you. you have to open all subsequent email from them to find out if it is the one telling you that you are a winner.

    Gold has a world price entirely unaffected by accounting games between the Treasury and the Fed. - Jim Rickards

  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭✭


    As long as its only email spam and not actual junk mail going to my house maybe i'll give it a try with a spare email account. image
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,491 ✭✭✭✭✭
    With the name "Independent Living," it sounds like they prey on the elderly.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 34,099 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I want to pretend to be elderly and see what they are up to.... I just don't have the time to play with them.
    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • tneigtneig Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭
    The more things you opt into, the more you get profiled and more valuable your information becomes, and the more spam/scams you get.
    Being flagged as a responder makes you more likely to purchase, so your name more valuable.
    COA
  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭
    "6.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. Winners will need to provide their full name, address and social security number before they can accept the prize."


    Isn't it a little foolish to give out your SSN ? Even more so with a valid address and genuine name.
  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,399 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think if you win they would send you a 1099 or whatever.


    it wasn't clear from my first post but I saw the ad here at the top of this forum page. Does PCGS have any say over those ads or are they random? I don't remember seeing any ads until recently when I upgraded firefox and it decided adblock wasn't compatible with the new versionimage

    Now I see ads everywhereimage
  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭
    I seen the ad too Bronco , i don't usually click on them and i really don't think PCGS has a lot of say in what appears as over time there has been some weird ad's.
  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll pass, sounds to risky !!!
    Timbuk3
  • derrybderryb Posts: 37,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the web address in the OP link looks like a referral link - If you change any of the characters at the end of the link you get the same sign up page. no telling who got a referral when I signed up.

    They must be doing a heavy advertising blitz, I'm seeing them all over the web.

    Gold has a world price entirely unaffected by accounting games between the Treasury and the Fed. - Jim Rickards

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Requiring SSN is a definite red flag..... no way, Jose'.... Cheers, RickO
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