[Elecraft] Buyer Beware!

[George Thornton]

Hackers are getting very sophisticated.  I have heard of situations where they have hacked into individual and business email accounts, sending messages to banks and other organizations to steal substantial sums of money.

You have to be very careful these days.

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of rocketnj at gmail.com
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2021 12:43 PM
To: 'W6IPA' <w6ipa at poxika.net>; 'Ron Manfredi' <wa2eio at optonline.net>
Cc: 'Elecraft Refl' <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; 'Grant Youngman' <ghyoungman at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buyer Beware!

Already removed.

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From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of W6IPA
Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2021 3:30 PM
To: Ron Manfredi <wa2eio at optonline.net>
Cc: Elecraft Refl <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>; Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Buyer Beware!

Thanks for explaining - this is definitely suspicious - I did not go as far as going through the pictures.

Thanks for the education

Jc/W6ipa


On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 11:06 AM Ron Manfredi <wa2eio at optonline.net> wrote:

> Well one of their photos has   text that tells you  they will not respond
> through the E-Bay mail system, and that any bids will be removed.   No
> matter what their feedback rating, those policies should be enough of a
> warning.   I am surprised that E-Bay hasn't banned them.
>
> Ron   WA2EIO
> On 2/27/2021 1:59 PM, W6IPA wrote:
>
> Is it a group private joke or is there actual facts that leads to 
> these statements ?
> I mean if the reports are line these posts - what can eBay do given 
> that the seller has 100% positive feedback ?
>
> Jc/W6ipa
>
> On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 10:50 AM Grant Youngman <ghyoungman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> They posted a large number of items this morning in the Ham Radio 
>> category (and probably many other places).  I’m getting carpal tunnel 
>> filing “reports”, although it isn’t clear that eBay actually cares much.
>>
>> Grant NQ5T
>>
>> > On Feb 27, 2021, at 1:43 PM, Ron Manfredi <wa2eio at optonline.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > Also here:
>> >
>> >
>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/collection-Marine-chronometer-847-A-Lange-So
>> hne/313435822886?hash=item48fa3b1b26:g:akgAAOSw309gOowL
>> >
>> > Seems they like high-end technical gear.
>> >
>> >
>> > Ron   WA2EIO
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 2/27/2021 1:38 PM, Grant Youngman wrote:
>> >> The eBay fraud crew is back in full force.
>> >>
>> >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Elecraft-K-Line/313435863056
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