Real gold leaves no traces — it does not discolor the skin. So if your hand is color-free, your object is probably real gold. Fake gold, however, leaves color on your hand, usually green or black.

Scammers frequently approach customers in parking lots and gas stations, claiming they are out of money or need money for gas ...

There are various ways to find the purity of the gold, few of them have been discussed over here in this article.

How to spot fake gold when buying from local dealers If you’d like to buy from a local dealer, despite the risks associated with taking possession of gold, make sure that you check the dealer ...

Here, they use magnets to determine if gold is real or fake. If something is real, it’ll push away the magnet. The manager said he had a personal interaction with fake gold scammers in Ritzville.

How do you tell real from Fake Jewelry? The James Bond of Jewelry, Igal Dahan, jewelry designer to celebrities, explains.

There, Bob Swerdlick, the owner of Estate Jewelry, showed how a real gold bar should test. He, too, has been the victim of fake gold, forcing him to buy a machine that could decipher the difference.

Buyer beware: gold stores in our area say they’ve seen a huge increase in people coming in unknowingly trying to sell fake gold they had just purchased on the street. Two gold stores just a ...