[Elecraft] Fraud

[Mark Stennett]

Nigerian scammer. These clowns have discovered ham radio, unfortunately.

Be very cautious on the Internet. Trust no one and thoroughly vet your seller before sending money.

I am seeing more and more of this stuff on eham. I manage the classifieds there.

I had a recent case where a ham had his qrz account compromised because of an email that linked to a fake qrz page where he then logged in. What made this incident different from the tens of others I deal with on a monthly basis was that he apparently used the same password at the FCC. The scammer changed his address with the FCC to one used by a third party to receive a cashiers check. Scammer posted an ad on eham using same password and scammed a guy out of a grand for a non existent amplifier.

Victim was asked to make check out to a third party name.

The Internet is a nasty sewer full of scammers.


73 de na6m


On Feb 5, 2014, at 20:13, "Bill Ross" <k6mgo at verizon.net> wrote:

> Just a heads up to all on the list, someone is posing as me, William H. Ross at K6MGO73 at AOL.com and listing a K3/P3 station with all equipment for $2950. 
> I don’t have a P3, but do have a K3 which is not for sale now, around Christmas time, I did post an ad on QRZ listing my K3 for sale, and per QRZ’s requirements, sent a picture of the K3 with a QSL card in the picture to authenticate it which this person copied and posted on QTH with the phony ad. I have received emails and phone calls from several hams wanting to inquire if the ad was on the up and up, which of course, it wasn’t. 
> So if anyone see’s this ad or hears about anyone wanting to buy this equipment, please warn them that the ad is a fraud.
> 
> Tnx and 73
> 
> Bill, k6mgo
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