What I find most upsetting about this is that the scammer is in all likelihood a ham, based on his apparent familiarity with ham equipment. Whatever happened to the internatonal brotherhood of hams who are "considerate ... loyal ... friendly" (ARRL Amateur's code - 1986 Handbook)? -- oh yeah, it doesn't say "honest". Color me naive. Avi 4X6UA -----Original Message----- From: Dr. David Kirkby <david.kirkby at onetel.net> Sent: יום חמישי 16 יוני 2011 23:20 To: N4AOF <n4aof at arrl.net>; Yaesu <Yaesu at mailman.qth.net>; kenwood at mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Yaesu] [Kenwood] Watch out for a scam by Alex Barski. VE3XAX On 06/15/11 10:04 PM, N4AOF wrote: > Bottom line: ANYONE who ever asks you to use Western Union to pay for > anything is a crook. You have a better chance by mailing someone cash > than using Western Union. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kirkby" <david.kirkby at onetel.net> >>> 3) Today he rings me, withholding the number, and says Western Union >> would be a safe method of payment. >> He is certainly not going to get a Western union payment. But I intend stringing him along a bit. I've sent the individual at http://www.qsl.net/ve3xax/ who has a yahoo email address a copy of the email I received. He has confirmed this is a scam, and that he has no AT-230 to sell. So as I suspected, this is a scam. The person claiming to be Alex Barski. VE3XAX is an impostor. Dave -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? ______________________________________________________________ Kenwood mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/kenwood Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Kenwood at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Yaesu mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/yaesu Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Yaesu at mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html