[AMRadio] Special email
Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com
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Definitely scam stuff. Don't fall for it. 73 al w1ux - Original Message - From: David Knepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Special email Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
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Clark Howard covered this yesterday. The bank will say the check is OK, IT AIN'T, you WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY! - Original Message - From: David Knepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 12:42 PM Subject: [AMRadio] Special email Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.719 / Virus Database: 475 - Release Date: 7/12/04
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and, this guy is -not- in the 'States'? Scam. - Original Message - From: David Knepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 11:42 AM Subject: [AMRadio] Special email Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
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Yep. A known scam. I've forgotten what it's called, but it's pretty common. Kim Elmore, N5OP At 11:42 AM 7/13/2004, you wrote: Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Kim Elmore, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The greatest of these is Maybe The original Latin appears to be garbled.
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Hi Dave, This scam has been around for some time and is just that, a scam. The mail usually says that they are in a hurry to get the money for what ever reason. The victim, being a nice person, deposits the check and forwards the remainder. Then the check bounces and the victim is out the cash and the equipment. This same scam is used with money orders and occasionally a cashier's check. make it a practice to NEVER pass on cash from a deal like this. You WILL GET BURNED! Always wait for personal checks, cashiers checks and MOs to clear before sending your gear. State that when you sell on an auction site, too, so there will never be a question. The only safe wat to release your gear immediately is cash, credit card payment from an on line company or USPS MOs, which so faer, have not been successfully counterfeited. 73, John, W4AWM
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Dave, It's a scam... the check is bad. I ran this past the Secret Service a few months back. It is the Nigerian Scam. They will try to get you to ship the equipment before the check clears... and of coarse the check will not clear... Cory/AD5QP David Knepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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Hi Geoff, You had a decent signal this morning. I am getting an NCX-5 which I will use on AM for a while. Look forward to working you again... Cory/AD5QP --- Geoff/W5OMR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and, this guy is -not- in the 'States'? Scam. - Original Message - From: David Knepper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Discussion of AM Radio amradio@mailman.qth.net Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004 11:42 AM Subject: [AMRadio] Special email Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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Hello Dave and group, Just yesterday received such an email from a guy alledgely(sp?) in canada wanting to purchase 5 tires which I had advertized in a local Phoenix area site.. I'm not quite sure what to do with this info but am inclined to attempt to at least contact someone at his isp to inform them of this scam. His email is free from www.wapda.com. 73, Bill w8akh Phoenix Az David Knepper wrote: Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio
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Here's a link to a hilarious twist on this scam dealing with car sales. http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/class/scam/ Note that there's very little we can do about this. The Nigerian 419 scam has been around a while and depends on both personal greed and pity. The e-mails themselves are not traceable because they are usually sent form a pay-by-the-minute Internet cafe. If it's too good to be true, it is. If it seems even a little teeny weensy bit fishy, it is. I you even faintly suspect a scam, you're right. Kim Elmore, N5OP At 11:42 AM 7/13/2004, you wrote: Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Kim Elmore, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies All of weather is divided into three parts: Yes, No, and Maybe. The greatest of these is Maybe The original Latin appears to be garbled.
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All, They are not in Canada they may be in England or Nigeria. The checks are generated out of Nigeria and Fedexed to you. I lured one of them in, got the check, ran it, and then turned it in to the Secret Service. You can send info to the US Secret Service about these scams if you like. I have had no follow up but I know they are working on it. The checks by the way, look real. They have all the right routing numbers and bank accounts. There just is no account to cover it. Cory/AD5QP --- Bill Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Dave and group, Just yesterday received such an email from a guy alledgely(sp?) in canada wanting to purchase 5 tires which I had advertized in a local Phoenix area site.. I'm not quite sure what to do with this info but am inclined to attempt to at least contact someone at his isp to inform them of this scam. His email is free from www.wapda.com. 73, Bill w8akh Phoenix Az David Knepper wrote: Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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All, They are not in Canada they may be in England or Nigeria. The checks are generated out of Nigeria and Fedexed to you. I lured one of them in, got the check, ran it, and then turned it in to the Secret Service. You can send info to the US Secret Service about these scams if you like. I have had no follow up but I know they are working on it. The checks by the way, look real. They have all the right routing numbers and bank accounts. There just is no account to cover it. Cory/AD5QP --- Bill Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Dave and group, Just yesterday received such an email from a guy alledgely(sp?) in canada wanting to purchase 5 tires which I had advertized in a local Phoenix area site.. I'm not quite sure what to do with this info but am inclined to attempt to at least contact someone at his isp to inform them of this scam. His email is free from www.wapda.com. 73, Bill w8akh Phoenix Az David Knepper wrote: Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. I thought I had read about this scheme somewhere. A quick reply will be appreciated. Thank you Dave, W3ST Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary to the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
RE: [AMRadio] Special email
Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. No way! I'd let him cash his own check and send me the money for the radio. I have heard of a similar scam where they send you a check for over the amount. They request you to refund the extra when you send the radio. Turns out the check is worthless, and you lose the radio and the mone. What if you just cashed the check and made sure it cleared his bank before sending the radio, and if the check was good, charge him the difference for services redered (cashing his check for him). Don K4KYV _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
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Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Special email Hi Geoff, You had a decent signal this morning. I am getting an NCX-5 which I will use on AM for a while. Look forward to working you again... Cory/AD5QP Nice to have you on the air with us, Cory. Not sure on the NCX-5, though... Know where you can find an old Viking II, or a Ranger, or some 100watt Transmitter? Something with non-sweep tubes. For that matter, your little transistor rig, with the amp and the higher antenna now would probably be a better choice (In MY opinion) than the NCX-5... but that's just an opinion... Whatever you can find, get on with. Whatever helps you HEAR will make a difference in the ability to QSO with others ;-) (granted, some of the guys down here in South Texas don't seem to have decent enough signals... but I can't explain why I can run 175w, and be 4 to 6 S-Units stronger than someone who's running 350w.) 73 = Best Regards, -Geoff/W5OMR
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The check will not be good Donald Chester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone heard of a scam where a person supposedily has a check from someone in the States that owes him money and he wants you to cash this check and take out the money for the radio. You then send him the differerence to him. Sounds like a scam to me. No way! I'd let him cash his own check and send me the money for the radio. I have heard of a similar scam where they send you a check for over the amount. They request you to refund the extra when you send the radio. Turns out the check is worthless, and you lose the radio and the mone. What if you just cashed the check and made sure it cleared his bank before sending the radio, and if the check was good, charge him the difference for services redered (cashing his check for him). Don K4KYV _ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___ AMRadio mailing list AMRadio@mailman.qth.net http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
