[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 262, Issue 47 Assistance

[Nick England]

I put a WTD ad on qth.com and let my enthusiasm overcome my wariness.
Response was from someone who’d hijacked a ham name/call for an email
address and I sent PayPal. Alas, no Boehme Morse ink recorder ever showed
up here.
He was a crook and I was a stupid.

Later, reading the QTH bulletin board I found out this was a common scam.
Luckily it wasn’t too expensive a lesson for me.

But yes, over the years I have bought a number of things on line from
people I didn’t know - without a problem. Usually I was contacted by
someone seeing a WTD post on an email list or on my web site. Overall, I’d
say it pays to advertise if you are looking for something rare/oddball. Use
caution. YMMV.

Of course finding treasures at a hamfest is a heck of a lot better and more
fun!

Nick England K4NYW
Chapel Hill NC
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 9:04 AM Ray Fantini via Milsurplus <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Just curious, how many are accustom to or regularly buy gear from people
> you never know beyond online ? So much of this sounds like the old Nigerian
> prince scam, or 419 Fraud. Or is this people who are contacted for “wanted”
> information they have posted on line? Where are people posting this stuff
> and is there a correlation between where they post and scammers? Would like
> to know just to avoid that avenue.
>
> This is why I deal with people I know or at Hamfest and other get
> togethers, or at least within the confines of existing groups.
>
> Ray F/KA3EKH
>
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