These scams reported by Reuters are probably more aimed at Chinese but people do need to be aware. Remember, if an offer sounds too good to be true, there is a good chance there is scam behind it.

This scam sounds so much like the Nigerian 419 email scam:

One imaginative scheme, in a list of nine of the most commonly reported “stings”, involved a scam to sell Olympic medals supposedly missing after a warehouse fire. In exchange, the buyers could turn them in to the government for “a high price”.

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