And Nigeria is one of the well known countries for hackers and crooks. Bst 73's Philippe A65BI
>>> "VE3GAM Allen McRorie" <ve3...@rogers.com> 17-01-2010 19:37 >>> I am 100% sure that this did not come from the station indicated, in the message properties, the originating IP address is from Lagos, Nigeria. also, I never take any email seriously that is sent to "undisclosed recipients", as this one was. I am pretty sure you will find Ted at home in Illinois, Wisconsin or whereever he lives totlally oblivious to all of this. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hector Padron" <ad4c2...@yahoo.com> To: "Steve Ellington" <n...@carolina.rr.com> Cc: <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My predicament Guys maybe Ted is not the one who wrotte that scam,I have talked to him on 40M several times and he seemed to be a very decent guy,there are scammers all over the net and I will say this is one of them.Don't blame him yet until we know all the facts. Its just a thought. AD4C "For a refined ham it is compulsory to own a k3" --- On Sun, 1/17/10, Steve Ellington <n...@carolina.rr.com> wrote: From: Steve Ellington <n...@carolina.rr.com> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My predicament To: "Andrew Moore" <andrew.n...@gmail.com>, ted1...@operamail.com, Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 2:20 PM Interesting how the scam came from Ted Orant, WB9JOX, who is in fact a K1, K2 owner and no doubt a list member. How's that work? Steve N4LQ n...@carolina.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Moore" <andrew.n...@gmail.com> To: <ted1...@operamail.com>; <Elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My predicament > Common scam. > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 8:43 AM, ted orant <ted1...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,we came down here to >> London for a short vacation and i was mugged at gun point last >> night at the park of the hotel where we lodged all cash,credit card >> and cell were stolen off me, thank God we have our life and passport >> my rents are not in town they all travel to Fiji island i lost all >> contact. >> >> I've been to the embassy and the Police here but they're not >> helping issues at all,my flight leaves in next few hours from now >> and am having problems settling the hotel bills. >> the hotel manager won't let me leave until i settle the hotel bills >> am freaked out...you can wire the money to me through western union >> all you need is Name on my passport and location information below... >> >> Location :United Kingdom London >> Name:ted orant >> Amount Needed :1450pounds >> >> That is all you need to get the money sent to me and get back to me with >> the western union transfer details the confirmation code MTCN number ... >> >> Hope to hear from you . >> ted. >> >> Ted wb9jox >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. 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