[GreenKeys] phishing with teleprinters (was Re: First projects)

[John W9DDD]

I got a good laugh about something to learn about Teletype/teletypewriter collectors.
My wife gets tired of me complaining about a box of Jello costing $1.30 instead of $0.13.  Yes I'm that old.

John, W9DDD


> On Jul 29, 2021, at 7:38 PM, Kevin H. Phillips <kh-phillips at 9-5usa.org> wrote:
> 
> Maybe I'm wrong and out of line and maybe "Alice" will provide pictures of the Siemens T1000 she bought and needed help with but my experience leads me to believe this was an extremely elaborate "phishing" expedition.
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> 
> I responded to "Alice" offlist and suggested she get in touch with Henning about the T1000 she said she recently purchased.  She said she'd like to talk to me about the machine (Paul had tried to buy the one listed on eBay as I had too since I could have driven to pick it up to avoid shipping).  I gave her my schedule and phone number.  Late this afternoon my phone rang and the number showed to be from my area code and from a small town not far away that I was familiar with.  Thinking this was in regards to the T1000 I answered it.  The voice on the other ends asked if this was "Philip" or "Phillips".  I hesitantly said yes and the female voice replied that she was "Alice".  OK.  I was a little thrown off by the accent but I was willing to go ahead.  She proceeded to quiz me about my registered domain and what "plans" I had for it. Did I have sales in mind?  No.  End of conversation.
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> 
> Wow!  They must have tracked me from sending an offer on that eBay listing to finding me posting in GreenKeys and then sending out that e-mail to the list.  I have to hand it to them for cleverness.  "She" must have thought that if I had money to make an offer on a T1000 that I'd have money to spend on their sales pitch.  They obviously have something to learn about Teletype/teleprinter collectors.  My wife knows better.  I don't want to sound sexist but maybe it should have been a red flag for a woman to claim to own a teleprinter.  Does this mean we need to do screening before people can join the list?  "Show us your selector magnets first"?
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> 
> 73
> 
> Kevin
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> W5TTY
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