We expect the new counterfeit gold to start arriving in the united states and elsewhere by the end of november 2016.
Fake pamp suisse gold bar.
Avoiding fake pamp suisse gold bars to combat these more sophisticated fakes pamp suisse has developed a new technology called veriscan.
Early version of a fake pamp suisse gold bar center.
The latest victim is the struck lady fortuna 1 ounce 9999 fine gold bullion bar from pamp produits artistiques métaux précieux in switzerland.
While the precious metal verifier using the large wand is able to distinguish the genuine bar from the counterfeit bar this test is not reliable on the smaller fractional bars.
Chinese counterfeiters have unveiled new pamp suisse gold bars in veriscan packaging in 1 ounce and 5 gram sizes along with a 1 ounce apmex gold bar in assay card.
What makes the latest counterfeit rather unusual is.
These new fakes show much better quality than earlier attempts especially with the packaging.
Pamp s veriscan program is available as an ios app for iphone 6 6s or newer covers a limited number of products or as pc software to use with a specific document.
A real pamp 1 oz gold bar on the left and a 1 oz silver bar on the right for comparison a new wave of counterfeit pamp gold bars are making the rounds.
Origins of fake gold bars fake gold bars can come from a variety of places such as amazonor ebay.