CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT) – The Carolina Beach Police Department is warning the public of a Gold Bar Scam, a new version of a Phantom Hacker Scam.
According to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, scammers are posing as federal agencies asking to turn their assets into gold bars.
The scammer will purchase the gold bars with the victim’s money and say a courier will meet them and pick up the gold to a secure location. However, once the handoffs are made, the couriers leave with the gold…