![]() Where have I heard "Ballistic Vault Rolls" before? (That's right! I've seen ads for dollar coins in Ballistic Rolls in very similar-looking ads before.) And those "heavy vault bricks"? In the photo they look like gold-colored plastic shaped like gold bricks and are probably only heavy due to the 250 nickels contained in each one. The ad, er, article also uses some fancy-sounding (and almost deceptive) verbiage, to wit: "100 Presidential Golden Dollar Coins in two sealed Ballistic Vault Rolls of 50 and 16 heavy vault bricks containing 160 sealed vault rolls of 25 never-circulated U.S. Sounds like you're gonna be paying $1,532 (plus freight) for that "FREE" Armored Safe.Ī person that doesn't read this ad, er, article carefully may think they are getting 4,100 Presidential Dollars AND a free safe for less than half the face value of the coins themselves. Gov't coins." That's 19 payments of $98 for a total of $1,862 plus an unknown amount for freight. What does all this cost? "When you call you'll only need to cover the freight for the safe and $98 for the first months collection shipment then just $98 for each of the 18 monthly shipments to complete the entire collection of 4,100 U.S. These coins do not command a premium for an average collector who wants to sell these coins. The 4,100 coins you receive are $100 Presidential Dollars (face value = $100) and 4,000 Jefferson Bison Nickels (face value = $200). Gov't issued, never-circulated" coins within the 72-hour deadline (read "HURRY! Buy now! Don't think about it! Time is running out!) World Reserve Monetary Exchange will throw in an "Armored Safe" for FREE! You will always have something worth a lot of money." Well, that's reassuring. But, this massive Collection will nener, never, never lose its face value. The ad, er, article goes on to say, "Coin values above face value can always fluctuate and there are no guarantees. Gov't issued coins that by law will never be minted again." Each massive Collection contains 4,100 brilliant, never-circulated U.S. Well, it's true and word is quickly spreading about the free handout of Armored Safes filled with the never-before-seen World Reserve Collection of U.S. "Imagine finally getting something that will never lose its value. (Shawn Oyler is the by line on many such ads.) The "article" starts off with a by line Shawn Oyler - Universal Media Syndicate. Smaller photos show a happy elderly woman taking delivery of her safe (the caption reads, "NO MORE WORRIES") and several rolls of Presidential Dollars and Jefferson Bison Nickels (the caption reads, LIKE WINNING THE LOTTERY"). A photo shows row after row after row of safes with the caption, "HELP IS ON THE WAY". Gov't issued coins that never lose their cash value with free Armored Safes shipped to all". The sub-headline reads, "Public worry ends with just enough time left to beat the deadline to buy up new collection of brilliant never-circulated U.S. The headline reads, "Free armored safes being doled out to public". ![]() For only $18 "readers of today's newspaper can either call or visit a web site to get the safety ratings of banks and credit unions.īelow the "article" is a large ad (which could easily be mistaken for a news article) obviously targeting people that have been scared by the "news" reported in the "article" above that keeping your money in a bank may be unsafe. The "article" includes a way for readers to find out if their bank is "safe". A photo of a people outside an apparently closed bank has a caption reading, "LOCKED OUT: Stunned customers show up at this Californai bank only to find the bank is closed." The "article" reports that regulators have closed 19 banks so far this year and have over 100 banks on their watch list. (To comply with the law the words "PAID ADVERTISMENT" appear at the top of the ad.) The headline reads "Government regulators shutdown 19 banks" with a sub-headline reading "Hundreds more on watch list". Draw your own conclusions.Īt the top of the ad, sectioned off from the rest of the ad, is what at first glance appears to be a news article. (I'm sure the ad appeared in many other papers around the country.) While I am not calling this a scam I find these types of ads troubling because I think they prey on people's fears and ignorance. Our local paper today ran a full-page advertisment for World Reserve Monetary Exchange.
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