Though the scam isn’t new, it may be new to you.
Police said in the past that typically, a well-dressed family with small children in an expensive rental car will look desperate, flagging down people on the sides of freeways with stories about their money and credit cards being stolen. They’re stranded, they say, and they offer real-looking jewelry — often rings, necklaces and watches they’re wearing — for cash., but the Washington State Patrol is again reporting an increase in gold scammers along highways.
Good Samaritans who bought the jewelry with cash and later checked out its value discovered it was copper or brass. In some cases, the jewelry was stamped with “18 karat gold.”In 2018, WSP investigators called the scheme part of an aggressive crime ring. Hundreds of victims were duped by people in rental cars with kids that often aren’t theirs and selling jewelry that’s not real gold.
As the scam continues in 2023, on Monday troopers said they were able to catch one of the scammers, who was found with a variety of fake gold jewelry.
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