Glad you got this figured out. I was hit the same way on a WTB ad. Fortunately, the payment instructions in the offer to sell just didn’t smell quite right. And sure enough, I contacted the supposed seller, and he didn’t know what I was talking about.
It’s a “buyer beware” world out there .. Grant NQ5T > On Feb 6, 2021, at 8:38 AM, ws6x....@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello Again, > > Sorry for being so “mysterious” yesterday. Several of you have written, some > with helpful suggestions, but many being curious about what I thought was > “suspicious” about the KAT500 transaction. > > Briefly, I have learned when you place a “WTB:” ad on QTH.com, you often > encounter one of the lurking scammers, who will offer to sell you the item > you are wanting. They will spoof an unsuspecting, legitimate ham, who does > not include an email address in their QRZ listing. There are several > tell-tale signs of such an operation, and such was the case yesterday with > the offer to sell me KAT500, SN 0296. > > I wrote this group yesterday, hoping that perhaps the rightful owner would > step forward. Sure enough, last evening the real owner of the equipment > contacted me. Interestingly, asking for a close-up photo clearly showing the > Serial Number will usually stop these guys in their tracks, but yesterday the > scammer provided me with that photo. These guys are becoming very > sophisticated. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
