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<p>[QUOTE="Argenteus Fossil, post: 1962055, member: 71478"]<span style="color: #b30000"><b>I've seen scams set up this way before.</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>A "newbie" or "amateur" offers up an extraordinary example of a very rare and valuable coin asking simple questions to others he believes to be knowledgeable. The scammer is trying to lure in a greedy or unethical buyer. Somebody that will realize this is a very valuable item but not want to tell the "amateur" how valuable, instead make an offer that the victim thinks will come across as high to somebody that is unknowing. The basis of this scam is that the scammer wants to make the victim believe the victim himself/herself is smarter. The scammer will accept the offer and will agree to ship the [coin] upon receipt of payment. Of course the scammer will never send the coin... With my personal experience with this scam, the scammer has been international but dealing in valuable U.S. antiquities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Argenteus Fossil, post: 1962055, member: 71478"][COLOR=#b30000][B]I've seen scams set up this way before.[/B][/COLOR] A "newbie" or "amateur" offers up an extraordinary example of a very rare and valuable coin asking simple questions to others he believes to be knowledgeable. The scammer is trying to lure in a greedy or unethical buyer. Somebody that will realize this is a very valuable item but not want to tell the "amateur" how valuable, instead make an offer that the victim thinks will come across as high to somebody that is unknowing. The basis of this scam is that the scammer wants to make the victim believe the victim himself/herself is smarter. The scammer will accept the offer and will agree to ship the [coin] upon receipt of payment. Of course the scammer will never send the coin... With my personal experience with this scam, the scammer has been international but dealing in valuable U.S. antiquities.[/QUOTE]
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