[Milsurplus] They gotta be kidding (ebay)

[J. Forster]

Ray, W2EC wrote:

> An interesting thing is that there were no pictures, just details on the
> specifications and notes about why there were three different model
> types associated with it and there was a big red banner that said
> something like "DO NOT BID ON THIS ITEM UNTIL YOU HAVE CONTACTED US FOR
> DETAILS". Not the usual scam information. Very curoius.
>
> 73, Ray  W2EC
>

It was clearly a version of the 419 (Nigerian) scam. It's been discussed
extensively on other lists. Apparently, eBay caught it quickly and shut it down.
Good riddance.

-John