Countless stories about gold investments gone bad have emerged over the years, especially since gold began its historic rise from $252 per ounce in 2001. Scammers are lurking in every corner of the Internet, pawn shop employees have no product knowledge whatsoever, and many gold dealers are just too expensive, too pushy, or both.Don't let the gold investing horror stories that appear on the news each day scare you into inactivity.