I received the following email, addressed directly to me, from a company in China that has probably been partly responsible for the sprinkling of fake numismatics around the world. I rarely receive solicitations from businesses that I haven't initiated by signing up for something, so this was a little surprising. My question: What was the point of this solicitation? Hopefully my assumptions about them are wrong, and that they are not involved in making fake collector coins. _______________________________________________________ Thanks for your time. My name is Lucas, the professional sale from Zhongshan GFT Premiums & Gifts Co.,Ltd located in zhongshan city China for 15 years. Our company is VERY PROFESSIONAL in design and manufacture many kind of PROMOTIONAL GIFTS and SOUVENIR ITEMS. Promotional gifts including: Lapel pins, Badges, Challenge coins, Commemorative coins, Tie clips, Cuff links, Medallions,Belt buckles,Bag hangers, Embroidery patches, Keyrings,Etc. Souvenir items including:Fridge magnets, Keychains,Dinner bells, Ashtrays, Plates, Name Card Holders,Spoons, Letter Openers,Cups,Bottle Openers,Corkscrews,Etc. Techniques have: Printing with epoxy resin cover, Embossing, Debossing, Painted,Color filled, Soft enamel,Hard enamel,Silk Screen,Etched, Die-struck,Etc. Plated have: Silver, Antique Silver,Gold, Antique Gold, Brass,Antique Brass,Copper,Antique Copper, Nickle, Matt Nickle,Chrome,Two tone plated,Etc. Process have: Drawing,Die-casting, Drilling, Polishing,Plated, Assembly, Packing,Etc. Every item is unique and custom made according to customer's specification. If you have any question, please don't hesitate to contact with me. For our company video please check http://hcgifts.en.alibaba.com I look forward to your reply. Kind Regards，Lucas From Zhongshan GFT Premiums & Gifts Co.,Ltd (Designer & Manufacturer Since 2000 ) Award & recognization,Gift&Promotion, Souvenir http://hcgifts.en.alibaba.com/ Tel: 0086 760 2227 0954 Fax: 0086-0760-2271702 Email: sales04@badgehouse.cn Skype: gftsales04 Address: D14009, JiDongYi, ZhengWen Industrial Zone, XiaoLan Town, Zhongshan, China.
I've gotten several emails of this type. They are hoping to root out the rotten ones among us... simple as that.
I would strongly suspect that you're on the Contacts list of someone who got their email compromised, and that address was sold to some concern specializing in spamming numismatic end users. It's happened to me a bunch of times over the years at my Moderator emails. Or, some site you shared that email in the past with went rogue down the road and sold it to a spammer.
All I ever get are the clowns from MyLife telling me someone may have accessed my background info. Oh no! Not that! What? Do they actually think I have a life?
That's another of their websites I have not seen.. I have visited this one in the past - http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/coins.html I was just curious
Alibaba's role in selling counterfeit merchandise -- and not just only coins -- makes Ebay's look like a mere oversight by comparison.
thats kinda creepy , selling fake coins , there trying to find some one in the less experinced side to pass there products on to to resell in the states , pass it on to the fbi or dept of treasury they can investigate
thats kinda creepy , selling fake coins , there trying to find some one in the less experinced side to pass there products on to to resell in the states , pass it on to the fbi or dept of treasury they can investigate
Are you kidding my? DELETE IT ! It's called Phishing! I wouldn't worry about it, if Beijing has OPM's and Hillary's e-mails they have yours. Don't click on anything you don't know. I wouldn't cut and paste that stuff into this forum.
Maybe so. But I don't see any counterfeits in the link from the original post. Lots of people use the term commemorative coin for medals too ... Christian
That's true. But in all due respect, I have to doubt anything that looks American is being produced in China to honor the U.S.
Honor, nah. But a successful product certainly "inspires" others. And unfortunately the line between inspiration and imitation is still crossed fairly often ... Christian
It's sad but all you need is one fish to bite to spread the 'disease'. Counterfeiters don't have to get their hands too dirty with the 'counterfeit runners'.
Hi, this mail was sent by me : ), i am sorry about that if it had disturbed you, but i am not scam, we are manufacturer custom made "challenge coin", usually brass or zinc material, but not fake coin, for knowledge of "challenge coin", please wiki. PS: I got your mail from internet / your website,i was think you may interested in custom made challenge coin, just a selling ad, becides this not other purpose, thanks
All, in response to a report by a member, I visited the site that mlov43 received the original email from, and unless someone has specific complaint, I see it as just an advertisement from a international sell location of challenge type of coins, refrigerator doo-dads, etc. Lucas has his photo there and contact info. Lucas we are extremely concerned about counterfeits and illegal copies, so suspicions were high. Any of us who has a web presence usually have an email address on the 'contact page'. Lucas, if you are a coin collector also, please feel free to post on them. I take your post as to mean that you do not make copies of real coinage of any country. There are several members who have shown challenge coins who would probably be interested. The rules for selling are in the classified areas of the forum as we allow only a small amount to occur, leaving that to ebay and others. Jim
So, as a business-person in China, what can you tell us about Chinese counterfeits we may not already know?
Okay I'd like to build a type set of Chinese counterfeit coinages to have on display at the library Sent from my C6740N using Tapatalk
