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Not quite a Newb Joined: 03 Jul 2010 Posts: 24

had a lad wanting to transfer 85 kilo's of gold dust to me.led him onand asked him to send a one ounce sample to me,but never heard from him again.my qestion? is it against the rules to ask for samples from these lads?noobie here so don't know. how bout you double O?

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:03 am

Asking for a sample is common practice in art baiting, but gold is a fungible commodity,so it MIGHT be considered cash bating, which is a no-no.

Also, as a word of advice, asking for a sample of gold is a bad idea because, unlike art baiting, there is basically no way the lad is ever going to be able to send you the sample, so he will drop you.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 1:15 am

He's a scammer. He doesn't own any gold dust, no more than the scammer who claims he has millions of dollars actually owns millions of dollars. He's telling a lie to provide a background story for demanding money from you.

If he did continue you with you, and did agree to send one ounce of gold dust, it would just be another lie - to persuade you to send him some money for it, maybe for shipping.

Perhaps your lad, though, wasn't smart enough to think of that. I don't think that a smart one would have dropped you for it. Smart ones tend to have an answer for everything.