Don't buy stolen Copper. If it doesn't have a COA and Assay, be careful.

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Quit buying stolen copper.
If
it doesn’t have an Assay Report and a Certificate of Authenticity proving its
source, don’t buy it.
Buy directly from the mines with Assay and
COA.
It cost more to mine it than to
steal it.
Be responsible, buy only legit
copper.
Here is an actual FBI crime report:
Intelligence Assessment
(Unclassified)
Prepared by the
FBI Criminal Intelligence Section
Copper thieves are threatening US critical
infrastructure by targeting electrical sub-stations, cellular towers,
telephone land lines, railroads, water wells, construction sites, and
vacant homes for lucrative profits. The theft of copper from these targets
disrupts the flow of electricity, telecommunications, transportation,
water supply, heating, and security and emergency services and presents a
risk to both public safety and national security.
Copper thieves are typically individuals or organized
groups who operate independently or in loose association with each other
and commit thefts in conjunction with fencing activities and the sale of
contraband. Organized groups of drug addicts, gang members, and metal
thieves are conducting large scale thefts from electric utilities,
warehouses, foreclosed or vacant properties, and oil well sites for tens
of thousands of dollars in illicit proceeds per month.
2
The demand for copper from developing nations such as
China and India is creating a robust international copper trade. Copper
thieves are exploiting this demand and the resulting price surge by
stealing and selling the metal for high profits to recyclers across the
United States. As the global supply of copper continues to tighten, the
market for illicit copper will likely increase.
3
Copper Thefts Threaten US Critical
Infrastructure
According to open-source reporting, five tornado
warning sirens in the Jackson, Mississippi, area did not warn residents of
an approaching tornado because copper thieves had stripped the sirens of
copper wiring, thus rendering them inoperable.
According to open-source reporting, nearly 4,000
residents in Polk County, Florida, were left without power after copper
wire was stripped from an active transformer at a Tampa Electric Company
(TECO) power facility. Monetary losses to TECO were approximately
$500,000.
According to agricultural industry reporting, farmers
in Pinal County, Arizona , were experiencing a copper theft epidemic as
perpetrators stripped copper from their water irrigation wells and pumps
resulting in the loss of crops and high replacement costs. Pinal County’s
infrastructure loss due to copper theft was $10 million.