For those who didn’t know, the Barrie Police Service is reminding you that the second-hand gold bar market is a place to avoid. It is relatively easy to phony-up bars and make them look like the real thing. A Canadian bank fell for this trick recently. Currently, the regional police service says they’ve received complaints of counterfeit gold bars being sold online through Kijiji. The bars are alleged to appear to be real and are professionally packed bearing an official looking stamp resembling the Perth Mint or the Royal Canadian Mint. Testing has shown the bars are copper plated with gold.
