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

Wed Jun 15 19:53:01 EDT 2011

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 address a copy of the email I received from the probable 
scammer. I will let you know if I get a reply. But I'm certainly not going to 
buy this ATU.
What's also suspicious is he claims this is "almost mint", with the original box 
and and rates it 9.8 out of 10. When I asked for a photo, the photo he sent me 
has a chip out of one of the switches. There's no picture of the box.
Also, at one point he refers to it as
I'm 99% sure it's a scam.
Dave
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