Is Your 18K Ankle Bracelet Real? Identifying Gold & Avoiding Forgeries

Question
I have an ankle bracelet very light in weight silver in colour, almost tin like but it has 18K stamped on the clasp could it be 18 carat white gold?
there are none of the usual hallmarks could this be a forgery, that is, is it likely that the stamp is fake?
Also is this type of stamp (hallmark) legally recognised?
Thanks for your help.

Answer
Yes it could be 18K white gold, yes it could be fraud, yes it could be fake and yes it could be a forgery.
The 14K stamp is legaly recognized.

Although I answered all your questions still get it appraised.

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