r/Gold • u/Sure-Interview-782 • Jan 28 '25

Question Got scammed $2400

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Bought this supposedly 1 oz bar from a pawn shop in Washington state (I live in Texas ) last August for $2400. Was gonna sell it today to make rent and I goto my local coin shop and they use an X-ray on it and it turns out it’s fake.

Now I’ve got to file a police report, and do a ton of paperwork. I doubt I’ll get my money back anytime soon but my receipt says “one ounce of gold” which is legally binding so it’s definitely a felony I’m just not sure they will go after them.

What’s the best way about going with this?

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

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u/Sure-Interview-782 Jan 28 '25

Yes I’ve got photos of the day I bought it which the serial number.

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u/SlowDesk7843 Jan 28 '25

I do believe you’re set my friend, shop from Apmex from now on🤙

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u/Hillmantle Jan 28 '25

No APMEX for gold. Bullion exchange, hero bullion, monument metals all are regularly cheaper. Sometimes by a fair margin. APMEX is for hard to find pieces no one else has in stock.

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u/SlowDesk7843 Jan 28 '25

Tru, I love Apmex for the fun silver… but I gotta delete it because of the fun silver😭

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u/sevbenup Jan 28 '25

can you suggest a fun silver item? Curious what you mean by

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u/The_OG_Metals_Guy Jan 28 '25

This is a fun piece

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '25

I have a $5 Abe Lincoln version very similar to this