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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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