by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Sep 19, 2025 | Scam of the day
The Boston office of the FBI recently issued a warning scams involving people lured under false pretenses to cash in their savings, buy gold bars and deliver the gold to scammers. Earler this year ABC News did a story entitled “Gold Grifters” also...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 23, 2025 | Scam of the day
Gold is becoming an increasingly popular investment with concerns that the stock market is too volatile in response to the recently instituted tariffs. In times of political turmoil, such as we are experiencing at this time, gold becomes more attractive to investors....
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Aug 25, 2024 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for May 7 2024 I told you that Ravinkle Mathon was arraigned in a Maryland court accused of attempting to scam an elderly man out of $200,000 in an elaborate scam that has increased dramatically in the last year. Police say that the scam began...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Oct 1, 2020 | Scam of the day
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and 30 state agencies have accused Lucas Asher and Simon Batashvili of using companies such as Metals.com and Barrick Capital Inc. to defraud people in the sale of gold and other precious metals. The CFTC said the...
by admin | Aug 27, 2017 | Scam of the day, Site Related
Gold is becoming an increasingly popular investment with concerns that the stock market’s record setting rally may have peaked. In addition, in times of political turmoil, such as we are experiencing at this time, gold becomes more attractive to investors....
