[SixClub] Scammer Alert

[John Carson]

Hi David,

Thanks for the tip on 411, I will be sure to check it
out.

Nothing surprises me about these folks. They see us in
the west as basically rich, greedy and above all
stupid. You are right about the verbiage, sort of a
dead give away.
The idea of asking for a good faith advance is a grand
idea, I will have to give that a try. hihihi

In the end as we agreed, "know who you are dealing
with!"

73,

John Carson kd5srw


--- David-Hook <dhook at 4sure.com> wrote:

> This most likely is coming from overseas, possibly
> Nigeria or the UK. Go
> to google and enter 411 scam. You will get tons of
> hits. The grammer and
> the verbiage used in these emails will give you a
> good idea if they are
> legit or not.
> 
> The most recent scam is to become friendly with
> someone in a chat room
> and then you are asked to buy something they will
> claim they can not get
> in their country. They will tell you that a Money
> order or check is
> enroute or they will pay you through Western Union. 
> 
> If the product is $200 they will tell you the money
> order is for $300
> and you can keep the remainder for your troubles.
> 
> Meanwhile, you order, pay and ship the product
> overseas. Then when you
> try to cash the paper money, within 10 business days
> it will come back
> as fraud and you will be responsible for covering
> the check.
> The banks very rarely take the hit.
> 
> I also tend to play with these folks and try to get
> them to send me a
> "Goodwill advance" so I know they are for real.
> Those requests always
> are unanswered, but its fun to lead them on anyway.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of John Carson
> Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 3:24 PM
> To: SixClub at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [SixClub] Scammer Alert
> 
> Hi All...
> 
> I have recently had a number of radio related items
> for sale on QTH.com, Eham and ARRL websites. Several
> times a scammer has answered my varying ads and
> inquired as to make a purchase. You all probably
> have
> heard from this crook but in the off chance you have
> not here are the particulars.
> 
>  He  seems to use the email address of: 
> g-wll005 at yahoo.com  (although there are surely
> others...). he signs/calls himself, "Mr.Greg", his
> full name (at least for Yahoo) is, Greg Willis.  He
> seemed legit, until I asked for his Callsign and he
> responded with,"my phone be out of order, I can call
> you next week"....(So...Callsign= Phone
> Number...that's a new one!)
> 
>  I wrote him back again requesting a Callsign and
> got
> the same reply. " we don need no stinkin' ham
> ticket"...What!
> 
> In reality, I can understand someone not having
> license, but I guess the kickers were the fake
> politeness, very poor english and him wanting to pay
> with a money order... (send the difference to my
> brother in law's, sister's, dad's uncle's, nephew's
> mother...hihihi)...you know the drill.
> 
> Maybe it is a good idea to VERIFY who you are
> dealing
> with in the first place. I try to make it a  general
> rule  to not deal with non-hams (with a few
> exceptions...)  I am not  meaning to be difficult,
> rather I just seem to have far less problems with
> those in our "fraternity."
> 
> In the meantime...I have just been playing along
> with
> "Mr. Greg",  just screwing with his head so to
> speak.
> Anyway this fellow IS a serious con artist, so watch
> out for him, he's  looking for a mark in the worst
> way. Don't sell him anything, if you take that
> chance
> you will regret it!
> 
> (Too bad there is not  such a thing as a  "Known
> Scammer Llist"  because "Mr. Greg" would surely be
> at
> the  head off the list!)
> 
> Forewarned IS Forearmed.
> 
> 73de kd5srw
> John Carson
> 
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