WESTERN UNION AND SCAMMERS!

[W6HVH]

Folks, it never stops, I guess.

Today's email was as follows:

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Hi, Do you still need the item requested?....mine is in very good
condition. Let me know via email.. Let me know if you are still in need.
bertyburk@hotmail.com

Regards,
73's
G0LQM
Bertram Burkhard
Les Fish Enterprise


As you might have guessed, it was a valid call sign, but not from this person.

Be careful out there!

Harold W6HVH

[WD8FM]

[QUOTE=N5AL;2172361]N7AXL,

BTW, the same thing can happen with money orders.

I never use or accept private money orders. I also send or receive ONLY USPS (United States Postal Service) Money Orders. When I receive USPS Money Orders, I take it to the Post Office to cash it before I send any product. By cashing it at the Post Office, the Money Order is validated through computer system before they hand you the money. This way you will know its a good Money Order and if it is fake, you have helped the Post Office catch a Theif.

[AD6KA]

Most scam emails are pretty easy to spot.
As another poster mentioned, you can throw
in a technical question, which will they will invariably fail.
I had a "Want To Buy" ad for an SM-230.
I received a hinky sounding resonse and replied:
"Does your unit contain the Heisenburg Demodulator Option?"
When they replied that it did, well......no sale.

73, Ken AD6KA

[W6GQ]

Please ready the many stories below of users that sent western union and were scammed.

[ZL1CDX]

A while ago I advertised for a Radio Shack HT 100 radio a VE2MAA Mike Allard of Toronto said he had a one in mint condition for $150 I agreed to purchase,we exchanged phone calls and I was asked to send the money to his sister in Colorado(?) which my bank did by Western Union and you know the rest,never recieved the radio.He even emailed later asking for a loan of $1,000 !
73,
Turner ZL1CDX