Sierra Leone's cheap gold entices the gullible

Sierra Leone's cheap gold entices the gullible | Reuters: "The U.S. embassy in Freetown says six U.S. nationals have lost up to $350,000 each in scams in the past six months. European embassies have reported similar cases without giving details of the extent of the losses.

Sierra Leone's gold exports stood at 270,234 grams in 2010, more than double the 2008 figure. But that does not show the true output because much of the country's gold is smuggled over porous borders, notably to Guinea."