Sierra Leone’s “cheap gold” entices the gullible
Spurred on by record prices for the precious metal, fraudsters in Sierra Leone have latched on to a cheap gold hustle targeting gullible speculators from the United States and Europe. At home, the tricksters enjoy notoriety with nicknames such as “Large” and “Capitalist” and are even admired as latter-day Robin Hoods by some in the […]
How to avoid being caught in a common gold scam
Recently, I read an article about how Congo born, Dikembe Mutombo, an all-star NBA defender, was nicely scammed in a fake gold deal. Evidently, he and Houston based oil executive Kase Lawal were beguiled into believing that they could purchase around $30 million worth of the precious metal at a hugely discounted price to the […]
Best Investment Opportunities In Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, today, bears little resemblance to the late 1990s when a civil war left the country’s infrastructure and economy decimated. It also left behind 14 main ethnic groups who did not trust each other and ensured that the country became one of the poorest in the world. Since 2001, the country has seen the […]