I share this crazy deal with y'all.... Some Mort in Indonesia gave us an order for 10K worth of ICOM gear on 4 credit cards.....Air mail to Surabaya or wherever..... We took the card info but never shipped the stuff..... a few days passed an some lady in Albequerqe ( spelling? ) called me and asked why we nicked her Visa for $2500 - naturally I appologized and refunded / reversed the deal. Scam-o-rama is alive and well on the internet!.
I am waiting for my many 3.3 mega buck slices from confidants in the third world..... oy-vey Ed Com/Rad Inc Des Plaines, IL ----- Original Message ----- From: skipp025 To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:26 PM- Subject: [Repeater-Builder] the scam changes... Oh... about once every month or so I receive the scam email requesting radio equipment prices and availability for a "quick purchase" using a credit card. Every one of these quick credit card purchases seems to be a scam... The funny part is almost every email scam request is for a bulk purchase of Motorola CP-200 radios... Does the third world only know of Motorola CP-200 portable radios? This latest scam email requests not only the CP-200 radio price and shipping... but now they're gettin' greedy asking for prices on Thuraya Dual-Mode Satellite/GSM Phones. Once in a while I reply with a crazy price quote and they fire back with a list of Visa Cards to charge the purchase toward. I used to call Visa and tell them about the problem... but the Visa Card Corporation has their head firmly planted and there is no easy way to turn in a fake charge report. Master Card seems to be much better... So... what's in your wallet? cheers, s. [paste text] Dear Sir/Ma, We are inquiring to place order for the following items below, please do send us the prices with the availability The items are as follows: 1. Motorola two way radio 16 channels, 5 Watt. VHF,MODEL CP 200 2. Thuraya Dual-Mode Satellite/GSM Phones The dual-mode satellite/GSM Thuraya HNS-7101 phone 3. Thuraya SO-2510 Satellite Phone Item# thu-bas-2510 Please get back to us with the prices plus the availability on the above items. Regards Kimberly Jones Global Concepts Inc.
