[Yaesu] Watch out for a scam by Alex Barski. VE3XAX

Wed Jun 15 09:59:15 EDT 2011

You might try VE3XAX at rac.ca
Many Canadian Hams have an address at rac (Radio Amateurs of Canada - 
our version of the ARRL) and with luck you might find the real Alex Barski.
Dave
VE3HLU
On 15/06/2011 6:42 AM, David Kirkby wrote:
> I advertised on eHam.net and qrz.com that I was looking for a Kenwood
> AT-230 ATU. I got a reply from someone claiming to be Alex Barski from
> Canada with the callsign VE3XAX who has an email address of
> ve3xax at blumail.org. I've no idea if his real name is that, or if he
> holds that callsign, but I'm suspicious.
>> This person offered me the ATU for 220ドル shipped to my house, but there
> were a number of things that make me suspicious this is a scam.
>> 1) When I checked on QRZ.COM, the address and name did not agree with
> the callsign. The only similarity was they were in Canada. Today when
> I checked, the information agreed.But yesterday they were definitely
> different.
>> 2) When I offered to pay via Paypal, I received this:
>> "Thanks for the response to my email David but i am sorry i don't use
> paypal or bank transfer as means of payment due to the instruction
> giving to me by my bank and lawyer but i will entertain any other safe
> and reliable mode of payment. Also what is your full shipping
> information and we can discuss about the payment over the phone, give
> me your number and i will give you a call to talk."
>> This immediately made me "smell a rat", but I decided to play along
> and gave him my mobile phone number.
>> 3) Today he rings me, withholding the number, and says Western Union
> would be a safe method of payment.
>> I'm rather sorry I did not play him along a lot longer, but I told him
> the deal was off. I might email him and say I had second thoughts, and
> will string him along for a bit of fun. But basically be aware.
>> Today I looked on qrz.com and found others have basically formed the
> same conclusion of this person
>> http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?300792-Fake-VE3XAX-Scam-from-wanted-add
>> The strange thing is, the other person reporting the scam also played
> along with it. Sometimes these scams can be fun! I think I'll play
> along a bit more too.
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