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Oct. 7—At least four people from Romania, one of them in custody, face charges connected to a jewelry sales scam that continues to target people along Alaska's road system from Fairbanks to the ...
During this period, almost a third of the jewelry bags they had been transporting were stolen. [1] It is believed, due to the amount of jewelry stolen in such a short time, that there were several people involved. Some of the jewelers believe that the theft was an inside job, or at least that Brink's may know more than it has publicly disclosed.
Founded in 1837, Tiffany & Co. is an established brand of luxury goods with high-end quality, including jewelry, watches, and home items. [6] [7]: 463, 471–472 Created in New York City by Charles Lewis Tiffany, [8] Tiffany is "renowned for its rare and magnificent diamonds" [8] its "style is defined by groundbreaking designs and glamorous collections."
The gem scam is a confidence trick performed usually against tourists. The most known version occurs in Bangkok, Thailand as well as other cities in the country. It is one of the most pervasive scams in Thailand. Most of the shops are gold or jewelry shops. The marks tend to be tourists from outside Thailand. It has been alleged that this scam ...
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In May 2018, De Beers introduced a new brand of jewellery called "Lightbox" made with synthetic diamonds. The synthetic stones start at $200 for a quarter carat to $800 for a full carat diamond. The new lab-grown diamonds retail for about one-tenth the cost of naturally occurring diamonds.
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".