[Elecraft] My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread ted orant
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

Re: [Elecraft] My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread Andrew Moore
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

Re: [Elecraft] My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread Steve Ellington
, 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

Re: [Elecraft] My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread Andrew Moore
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? Identity / email theft. __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft

Re: [Elecraft] My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread Hector Padron
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

Re: [Elecraft] My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread Andrew Moore
...@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

Re: [Elecraft] My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread KM4VX
Criticism often has consequences. Immediately after my posting on Nigerian scams the computer I was using was hit by a major virus and the passowrd corrupted. I cannot log on and must assume my identity etc has been compromised. I have plenty of computers and will have the infected one repaired.

Re: [Elecraft] My predicament

2010-01-17 Thread Julian, G4ILO
KM4VX wrote: Criticism often has consequences. Immediately after my posting on Nigerian scams the computer I was using was hit by a major virus and the passowrd corrupted. I cannot log on and must assume my identity etc has been compromised. I have plenty of computers and will have the

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-08 Thread westalto
: [Elecraft] My Predicament To: Phil Hystad k7...@comcast.net, Matt Palmer kd8...@gmail.com Cc: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 2:54 PM Ask him if his receiver is noisy! - Original Message - From: Phil Hystad k7...@comcast.net

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-07 Thread Matt Palmer
Anyone else get this mail from the elecraft list? Its spam/scam. Can the mods do something to plug their holes. THX. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Rick Klingensmith kling...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Happy new year! How you doing? We made a trip to London (United Kingdom) unannounced some

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-07 Thread Phil Hystad
I got it. Should we send poor Rick some money. Here, let me get out my monopoly game. On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Matt Palmer wrote: Anyone else get this mail from the elecraft list? Its spam/scam. Can the mods do something to plug their holes. THX. On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 2:14

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-07 Thread John K9UWA
The Scammers have HACKED Ricks Computer getting ahold of his Email Address book. Had same identical line of crap happen to another Non Radio type buddy of ours. If anyone personally KNOW Rick and can call him on the PHONE tell him his computer is effected as is his email. Good Luck Rick in

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-07 Thread David Gilbert
It isn't a security hole in the reflector. Someone who is subscribed to the reflector has had his/her computer hijacked, mostly likely via some sort of virus, and the virus is sending this crap out to his entire address book without him even knowing it. Dave AB7E Matt Palmer wrote:

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-07 Thread Rick McClelland, AA5S
A simple way to avoid this particular situation is to use a separate email account to sign up for mailing lists. Once that is done, the messages in the mailing lists can be forwarded to a private email account where it can be read. The only time it is ever necessary to log into the public email

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2010-01-07 Thread Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft
Guys - Please, no more comments on this SPAM posting. The comments generate more spam noise than the original post. We've placed this poster on 'moderate' and will be pre-screening any further posts. most likely the address has been spoofed and the owner has nothing to do with it, but we'll

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-07 Thread Brendan Minish
Actually it may not be a case of his computer compromised, just his Gmail account. This can happen in a number of ways other than by having malware running on your PC. There have been a significant number of gmail accounts that have been utilised in this way recently, it's possible that there has

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-07 Thread David Olean
Ask him if his receiver is noisy! - Original Message - From: Phil Hystad k7...@comcast.net To: Matt Palmer kd8...@gmail.com Cc: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament I got it. Should we send

Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament

2010-01-07 Thread juergen
...@gmail.com Cc: Elecraft Discussion List elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 7:22 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] My Predicament I got it.  Should we send poor Rick some money.  Here, let me get out my monopoly game. On Jan 7, 2010, at 11:20 AM, Matt Palmer wrote