Precious Metals Courier Pickup Scam
After convincing victims to liquidate assets into gold, silver, or cash, scammers send couriers to physically collect the valuables.
🚩 Red Flags
- ⚠Anyone asking you to hand over gold/cash to a courier
- ⚠Claims of "government vault" or "secure facility"
- ⚠Pickup arranged by phone, not in-person banking
- ⚠Receipt provided by courier (worthless)
- ⚠Previous calls about "compromised accounts"
🛡️ Protect Yourself
- →NEVER hand valuables to couriers
- →CALL 911 if courier arrives
- →KNOW: No government collects citizen gold
- →VERIFY: Banks don't send couriers for withdrawals
- →TELL family and bank immediately
More Details
- “Our courier will arrive between 2-4pm”
- “Have the gold ready in a plain box”
- “You'll receive a receipt for your records”
- “This protects your assets during the investigation”
- “The secure vault is monitored 24/7”
Common Questions
Gold is untraceable, valuable, and portable. A courier can walk away with $100K+ in a small package. There's no digital trail.
Never. No government agency asks citizens to convert money to gold for "protection." This is always a scam.
Caller claims your accounts are compromised. They instruct you to buy gold bars for "safekeeping." A fake courier arrives to collect them. You never see your money again.
These scams specifically target wealthy seniors. Scammers spend days building trust and urgency before the gold purchase.
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Gold Bar Protection Scam
Scammers pose as government agents claiming your money is at risk. They convince victims to convert savings to gold bars, then send a "courier" to collect them for "safekeeping." FBI IC3: $219M losses, average $417K per victim.
Bank Impersonation Scam
Scammers pose as your bank's fraud department. Your bank will never ask you to move money to protect it.
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73% of Americans targeted(Pew, 2025)
|$470M lost to text scams in 2024(FTC)
|$16.6B total losses(FBI IC3, 2024)