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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 626249, member: 11521&quot;]A neighbor who is an elder (80+) widow fell victim to some NYC telemarketers a couple of years ago. She is from the generation that is polite and will not say &quot;No&quot; to a telemarketer on the phone. They sold her coins on several occasions, all of them &quot;incredible bargains&quot; to the tune of $32,000. The FedEx driver noticed what was happening and asked the police to tag along on a delivery and their questions uncovered the scam. I took a look at the coins and they were all genuine but most were self-slabbed and all were grossly overgraded and incredibly overpriced. I estimated she had no more than $7,000 or $8,000 worth of coins for her $32,000 (which she took out of her savings). I never heard the final outcome but word was her lawyer got the NYC telemarketers to agree to buy the coins back for $5,000. So I guess these thieves were able to rip her off coming and going.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I don&#039;t know why she did not ask me my opinion before diving headlong into investing in high-priced coins she knew nothing about. She knew I am a coin collector and I would have been glad to help her stay out of trouble. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I guess these scammers are out there ripping off some other elderly (and out-of-state) person as we speak. Hanging is too good for scum of the earth like this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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