I would be suspicious of any business that relies on hotmail
for it's email accounts. Having had some bad experiences lately
in a different area with a "firm" which turned out to be a fraud,
using hotmail accounts I would not deal with any organization that
doesn't use a real account where the true origin can be traced.
No offence intended to those legit users of hotmail accounts.
cheers, Paul - VA7NT
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 15:53:54 -0500 w4th@hotmail.com wrote:
> Hello fellow hams.
> I recently posted my Ameritron ALS 600 solid state amp for sale on several
> of the amateur radio classified sites.....I had the amp listed for $800.00
> plus shipping.....I received the email below today offering me $1000.00 and
> no shipping cost because the buyer would arrange for pickup....I would not
> have thought much about this except I remembered another similar offer I
> had received when I listed my Emtron DX-2 SP amp for sale several months
> back.....That time I was also offered a good deal more in payment than I
> had the amp listed for, and they also would have their shipper come buy and
> pick up the amp.....in that case the procurement company said they were in
> some African country.....in this latest case the procurement company is in
> the UK.
>
> My question is this....Have any of the rest of you ever been contacted by
> one of the procurement companies when you had listed items for sale on any
> of the ham classifieds? If so were they legit? My concern is that these
> companies are operating some kind of a scam operation.....I may be entirely
> wrong, but I just have that old feeling in my gut that something is wrong
> here....why would these people offer MORE for the item than it's listed
> price?.....Maybe I am just paranoid....I dont know....what do you think?
>
> Thanks for your time and 73
>
> Tom.....W4TH
>
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> >From : george masela <albertrings2003@yahoo.co.uk>
>
> To : w4th@hotmail.com
> Subject : ALS 600 Ameritron ( INTERNATIONAL ORDER)
> Date : Tue, 26 Aug 2003 21:02:12 +0100 (BST)
>
>
> Hi ,
> We are a procurement concern and we specialise in
> purchasing preowned goods on behalf of our
> clients worldwide. We however have and order for the
> above ALS 600 Ameritron and our client is offering to buy these for the sum
> of $1000.00
> Please can We will arrange to remit payment for purchase to you . a
> prepaid shipper will come to your home for pickup.
> Best Regards,
> GEORGE....
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