I have received an email which purports to come from Elecraft. The return
address goes to N9SC. It directs one to a suspicious looking web site. I have
not followed this link.
Roger Crofts, VK4YB
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Listing #1060014on QTH seems to be a SCAM
AB6OZ is located in San Jose CA, yet the IP is showing somewhere in France.
(((73 Milverton
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A common feature of these these possible scams is the poor fellow who's call
they use never has an email address on QRZ.com, like this one.
Certainly raises a yellow flag of caution for me.
Rick
K6LE
On 4/16/2013, at 10:58 , tnny...@yahoo.com wrote:
Listing #1060014onQTH seems to be a
The license is 5 months expired too.
-Original Message-
From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of tnny...@yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:59 AM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] SCAM
Listing #1060014on QTH
There is a complete K-line offered for sale on ebay, for a ridiculously low
price. I checked into it and it is a scam, so be wary.
auction # 250998469533
W4ISH
Bill
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I reported the auction to eBay.
-Original Message-
From: William Evans
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:50 PM
To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] scam
There is a complete K-line offered for sale on ebay, for a
ridiculously low price. I checked into it and it is a scam
Hi Bill,
What makes you think it's a scam? Reads OK, and there's nine days left to bid.
Ad reads OK. If I was listing mine, I'd start the price very low also
... helps generate
interest, and keeps the listing fee low. I once sold a Bird,
offering it for $10 initially.
73! Ken - K0PP
On Fri,
I contacted W6AWO, he said his auction closed yesterday. This isn't his
auction, somebody's using fake info.
73, Dennis NJ6G
On 2/17/2012 1:50 PM, William Evans wrote:
There is a complete K-line offered for sale on ebay, for a ridiculously low
price. I checked into it and it is a scam, so
, 2012 5:10 PM
To: William Evans; elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] scam
Hi Bill,
What makes you think it's a scam? Reads OK, and there's nine days left to
bid.
Ad reads OK. If I was listing mine, I'd start the price very low also
... helps generate
interest, and keeps the listing
Here is the reply W6AWO sent to me when I sent him the eBay listing:
Dennis NJ6G
On 2/17/2012 2:21 PM, Richard Dillman wrote:
Yipe! Looks like a scam for sure. Don't bid! I'll contact eBay.
Thanks for forwarding this information.
RD
Definitely a scam.
The big image embedded at the end of the description with the contact
me before bidding or I will cancel your bid is a dead giveaway. That
sort of demand is against ebay rules. The scammers put those words in
an image file so that automated processes don't see them. That
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Doug Smith d...@w7kf.com wrote:
...That auction will disappear within a few hours
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Appears to be gone now.
Tony KT0NY
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The conflicting opinions were well . amazing!
Was it a scam ?
Some said it was.
If it was, some were really fooled.
So what was it? Scam or no?
What is the final proof?
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eBay removed the auction which was posted to try to get your money by bidding
or sending money directly to someone. It was a item too good to be true (or too
cheap to be true in this case). He never had a K line. These people place these
kind of false auctions trying to catch those less
If you wish to learn more about these scam auctions check out this guide:
http://reviews.ebay.com/SCAM-Auctions-Warning?ugid=101594589
73
Keith N8CEP
On Feb 17, 2012, at 8:25 PM, Jeff Herr wrote:
The conflicting opinions were well . amazing!
Was it a scam ?
Some said
Almost certainly fake. Fortunately. We've seen this scam before.
My deepest apologies if I'm wrong in this case.
Jon LA4RT, Trondheim, Norway
Dale Putnam wrote:
I'm writing this with tears in my eyes,I came down here to London,United
Kingdom for a short vacation unfortunately i got mugged at
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