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Obvious Scams- too good to be true

rooksmithrooksmith Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭✭

Someone should look into these guys. I'm sure coin dealers will see these showing up eventually. $29 for 1 oz of ".9999% Pure".. yeah right! They did manage to find my MSN feed. I get these ads continually.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,742 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not happening, run

  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You can't cheat an honest man.

  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,717 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s an old scam. “.9999% gold” is LITERALLY less than 1% gold.

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  • MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,462 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    That saying is bologna. Plenty of honest men and women have been cheated/scammed. A deal that’s “too good to be true” isn’t necessarily required in order for the cheater/scammer to succeed.

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  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    That saying is bologna. Plenty of honest men and women have been cheated/scammed. A deal that’s “too good to be true” isn’t necessarily required in order for the cheater/scammer to succeed.

    Good point.
    Upon reflection, I stand corrected (and a bit humbled).

  • MorganFanaticMorganFanatic Posts: 113 ✭✭✭

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    to quote PT Barnum : a sucker is born every minute

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,591 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MorganFanatic said:

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    to quote PT Barnum : a sucker is born every minute

    Actually, he never said that.

    All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.

  • bestdaybestday Posts: 4,271 ✭✭✭✭

    @rooksmith said:
    Someone should look into these guys. I'm sure coin dealers will see these showing up eventually. $29 for 1 oz of ".9999% Pure".. yeah right! They did manage to find my MSN feed. I get these ads continually.

    China fake seller or Fake silver

  • Gothat3rsGothat3rs Posts: 261 ✭✭✭

    It probably weighs 1 full oz
    But only a 1/10th of that is pure silver haha

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  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,311 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @MorganFanatic said:

    @RedRocket said:
    You can't cheat an honest man.

    to quote PT Barnum : a sucker is born every minute

    Actually, he never said that.

    Yep.
    It originated with "Star Trek the Next Geneneration"

    "Origin of “There’s a Sucker Born Every Minute” in Star Trek: The Next Generation
    In Star Trek: The Next Generation, the line “There’s a sucker born every minute” is spoken by Captain Jean-Luc Picard. This is part of the show’s fictionalized history whereas the captain goes back in time and is accredited as the originator."

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