Sierra Leone's "cheap gold" entices the gullible
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Spurred on by record prices for the precious metal, fraudsters in Sierra Leone have latched on to a cheap gold hustle targeting gullible speculators from the United States and Europe. At home, the tricksters enjoy notoriety with nicknames such as “Large” and “Capitalist” and are even admired as latter-day Robin Hoods by some in the impoverished West African country.