Skeptic Project

And I came across an advertisement for GovMint.com, which of course had a tiny little disclaimer at the bottom stating that GovMint is not actually affiliated with the government in any way and there are no guarantees about the financial performance of their product. Convenient!

The ad spins a yarn about how this batch of dollar silver coins they're hawking came from some farmer's cellar and were purchased by a local bank at face value. GovMint is giving you the "opportunity" to purchase these dollar silver coins from them at only forty bucks a pop, even though the ad clearly states that each coin has a face value worth of one dollar each. Included are thinly veiled conspiracy theories about how the government (the very government the company is trying to fool customer into thinking its a part of) melted down all the silver available to keep you from having it.

A fool and his money are soon parted I guess.