Prospecting & Detecting
Scams, Scammers and Schemes
December 2012 by Jim Halloran
Gold mining has received many black eyes from many scams, scammers and schemes throughout the years. Unscrupulous scammers have swindled naive people for millions of dollars in the past and will, no doubt, continue into the future.Time For Some Desert Gold!
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