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by KB7XU on August 28, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
I got an email this morning from "Betty Frasure" <betty_frasure@yahoo.com who was inquiring about a D-Star handie talkie I have for sale. "Betty" wanted to know the ususal stuff and wanted me to send pictures. I replied, and sent pictures but I had a couple of questions of my own. Was she a ham and on which web site did she see my ad? I got a reply saying "Betty" wanted personal contact information. She said she lived in Houston but was traveling in Canada but the secretary would send me a "certified check" and that I should cash it and deduct the price of the HT and shipping and to forward the remaining funds to the "shipping company." "Betty" ignored my simple questions. I emailed her back with the following reply in red: "Betty," I will not sell to you. I have not heard back from "Betty." So, beware of "Betty" since this just reeks of a scam! 73, Max, KB7XU

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by AA4PB on August 28, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
And you can bet that your "excess funds" check gets cashed before the "certified check" you received bounces and your bank backs the funds out of your account. That's an e-mail scam that has bitten many people. Any time someone wants part of their payment refunded run the other direction.

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by W7ETA on August 29, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Take the check; next time someone you to send them funds so that they can send you money left to you by a distant relative, send them the check. 73 Bob

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by N4CQR on August 30, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
QUOTE "I emailed her back....." Not a good idea. You just comfirmed your email address for the scammer!

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by WB2WIK on August 30, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Almost every time I've ever advertised any ham gear for sale on the internet I get these kind of replies. They seem automatically generated. They often ask to please send complete description, photographs, etc of the gear for sale even though all information was contained in the original ad. Many are traceable to sources out of the country. Ignore-delete-ignore-delete-ignore-delete... WB2WIK/6

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by KR4WM on September 11, 2008	Mail this to a friend!
Have some fun with them. Reverse-scam them. Make them use their money to pay postage to send you the fake certified check, then stop answering their e-mails. It's a great game and a fun time to be had for a few moments of your time. Also see this website: http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com . It's a fun website where people tell stories about their reverse-scam game of scamming the scammers. They get them to take photos of themselves standing around in a group with fish on top of their heads and pouring milk and honey on themselves, standing on top of loaves of bread, and lots of other such tomfoolery! FUNNY STUFF! -KR4WM

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