[SFDXA] Fwd: Re: SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOCIATION

Mon Jan 13 09:05:23 EST 2020

A thought:

As part of the membership benefits the ARRL offers an Email address which
is easy to set up and can be forwarded to members personal Emails, e.g.
mine: K5SEU at arrl.net which I route to my Gmail account.

If all members were to set this up with MYCALL at ARRL.NET, no Email directory
would be needed.

73, Sebastian K5SEU/DL5SEU

Am Mo., 13. Jan. 2020 um 08:43 Uhr schrieb Kai <k.siwiak at ieee.org>:

> Hi Randy,
> Perhaps you could ask the membership how often members rely on using the
> email
> addresses posted on the membership list. If that is a very small number
> then by
> all means the email addresses could be removed or, better still, simply
> detached
> from the underlying "mailto:" URL. That would make it less convenient to
> some
> scammer attacks.
> There is of course a second indirect path, that is the link to qrz.com by
> clicking on the member call sign. That will also in many cases reveal an
> email
> address. That link should remain because we use that to link to member
> qrz.com
> web pages. Members (and only members) have complete control over their
> qrz.com
> pages.
>
> The ONLY legitimate solicitation by SFDXA for money is, and should remain,
> the
> plea for membership dues by the SFDXA treasurer.
>
> With kindest regards,
> Kai Siwiak, KE4PT
>
>
> On 1/12/2020 11:08, Randy Shirley wrote:
> > Hi Eric,
> >
> > Yes this has happened before to me and other members of SFDXA.
> >
> > It is amazing what scammers will do.  It is a pretty simple task to take
> down the email addresses of members and create these ridiculous scamming
> emails.
> >
> > At the October Directors’ meeting, we all discussed removing the emails
> from the info page on the SFDXA website.  The conclusion was that having
> the emails available on the site was more advantageous than detrimental.
> >
> > If in the future, you or anyone else receives and email that looks
> suspicious at all, always look at the properties of the email to see where
> it actually came from.
> >
> > For future reference, I (and most certainly, any other SFDXA member)
> will never send an email asking for anyone to purchase gift cards.  The
> gift card thing is one of the oldest tricks in the scammers book!
> >
> > Thanks for letting me know that this is still going on.  I will forward
> this as well to the SFDXA reflector as a reminder to our membership.
> >
> > Very 73,
> >
> > Randy
> > N4QV
> >
> > From: Eric Spero
> > Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2020 10:01 AM
> > To: Randy Shirley
> > Subject: Fwd: Re: SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOCIATION
> >
> > Hi Randy,
> >
> > I received an email I thought was from you, till I got a resonance back
> this morning from him and now realize this is a scammer and he is using
> your identity as president of the SFDXA.
> >
> > See below, the email 1st response from this scammer and my reply back
> thinking it was you. I have to wonder if others in the club received
> similar emails?
> > I will let you handle this issue with the club membership.
> > 73
> > Eric/wa1sxk
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject:  Re: SOUTH FLORIDA DX
> ASSOCIATION
> >        Date:  Sun, 12 Jan 2020 07:06:07 -0500 (EST)
> >        From:  Randy Shirley mailto:reference at coinacex.com
> >        Reply-To:  Randy Shirley mailto:reference at coinacex.com
> >        To:  Eric S. mailto:cfogri1 at aol.com
> >
> >
> >
> > Good morning and thank you for the response Eric...I would have called
> to explain further but still can't access my mobile phone. I need you to
> kindly purchase 5pcs($100 each) of either eBay gift cards or Walmart gift
> cards or Amazon gift cards (Total=$500) for donation to Veterans at Hospice
> & Palliative Care unit.
> >
> > You can get them online(e-code) at any Kohl's,CVS,Kwik,Macy's, Walmart,
> or Walgreen's Store.Let me know if you can get the cards today ASAP due to
> the time frame,so I can tell you what next to do with the cards. I will be
> liable for refund.
> >
> > Let me know if a check will be fine for refund. I have credence in you
> and that's why I have asked you to assist.Thank you.
> >
> >
> > Randy Shirley N4QV
> > President
> > SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOC
> >    On January 11, 2020 at 8:45 PM "Eric S." mailto:cfogri1 at aol.com
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >    Hi Randy,
> >    I am out of the state too,  in NC. If I can help let me know how.
> >    Eric/Wa1sxk
> >    Cell 802-338-1851
> >
> >    Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Droid
> >    On Jan 11, 2020 8:38 PM, Randy Shirley <> wrote:
> >
> >      Hello Eric
> >      Are you available? I need your assistance as I am out of the
> State,I would have called your phone number but presently I do not have
> access to my mobile and I need you to kindly handle this:SOUTH FLORIDA DX
> ASSOCIATION some gift cards for donation to Veterans at Hospice Care and
> welfare with patients and units across the state.Thanks
> >
> >
> >      Randy Shirley N4QV
> >      President
> >      SOUTH FLORIDA DX ASSOC
> >
> >
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