The Economic Times

Buy gold, then leave it in a forest: Bizarre investment scam in Norway is making victims lose their savings; banks issue warning

Gold scam: A bizarre investment scam in Norway is prompting warnings after victims were persuaded to buy gold and leave it at secluded forest locations, only for the precious metal to disappear. Finans Norge says the first cases emerged in spring, while separate figures reveal that Norwegian banks and their customers lost 962 million kroner to financial fraud last year.