Hello, WARNING to all fellow hams!!!
Do not deal with a person named PAUL JAMES from Spain, I recently put a post on the swap board looking for a Kenwood TW-4100A this individual replied saying he had one for sale, when asked for a picture, he sent me a picture of one for sale on ebay, and a second pictureof one I found on Google Images search, also his name was not the same as the call he was impersonating
The following is a cut and paste of an email I got from him, I wasn't fooled!
i donot have a paypal account.
but i have a Drving licence which i can use to recieve money
through Western union Money Transfer. I would prefer you send the
135USD via Western Union, as soon as i recieved payment the radio
will dispatch for delivery. My HAM callsign is EA5ELX
Below is the details for Western Union.
Recievers Name: Paul James
Receivers Address: Madrid, Spain
Text Question: Colour
Answer: Green.
amount expected: 135dollars
As soon as you send the money the Western union agency will
provide you with number called MTCN, send it to me as soon as the
payment is completed. i will ship the Kenwood TW-4100A
STAY AWAY!!! Thanks, Tom K8CNN
CON MAN!! STAY AWAY! Paul James Fake call EA5ELX Uri Spain
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two part scam
now for the second part of the scam..... after you refuse to send money, they typically come back with "ok i will trust you, just send half of the money, i will ship to you for your inspection. after you are satisfied, you can send the rest, i trust you". now.... we feel good, he is going to send me the rig at 1/2 and i will send him final payment after it arrives. the result??? you get conned out of $3000 instead of $6000.
beware... never send western union... never accept more than the asking price to send the overpayment western union....
happy hoss trading paul w8jn
beware... never send western union... never accept more than the asking price to send the overpayment western union....
happy hoss trading paul w8jn
SCAM A SCAMMER
Tell him you got a lot of US currency that you can't pass over here and that you'll ship him MORE than he's asking for by mail.
Then ship him a load of old newspaper cut to the size of our currency!
AND FOR THE BEST ONE: GET HIM TO TAKE A COLLECT FedEx SHIPMENT!
N9LCD
Then ship him a load of old newspaper cut to the size of our currency!
AND FOR THE BEST ONE: GET HIM TO TAKE A COLLECT FedEx SHIPMENT!
N9LCD