[TenTec] Live and Learn

[Eugene Klingler]

the russians are at the forefront in all these crooked scams....n8zx
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob McGraw - K4TAX" <RMcGraw at Blomand.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Live and Learn


> That is absolutely correct.  Even with Cashier Checks, if deposited into
> your account and then found to be a forged check or stolen check the bank
> will debit your account for the amount of the check.  This is one of the
> popular foreign internet scams.
>
> It goes like this.  A person offers to pay you say 4 times your asking 
> price
> for a radio with the understanding you will be advised to transfer the
> overage to another account or send the balance by Western Union to their
> "agent" for payment on their account.  You agree, they send you a legit
> looking $4000 Cashier Check, you deposit it, ship the radio to their 
> address
> and send the $3000 to their "agent" by Western Union.  Then 10 days or so
> later the bank advises you that the Cashier Check is a forgery or a stolen
> check.  You are then debited the amount of the original check and you are
> out the $3000 you sent by Western Union.  You are now out the radio, the
> $4000 deposit and $3000 cash out of your account.
>
> I've received two of these offers, one after listing a Tentec radio for 
> sale
> here on the Reflector and another from the Collins reflector. 
> Fortunately,
> I didn't fall off of the turnip truck yesterday and realized from the
> beginning that it was a scam.  I kept the radio, got their check via the
> mail and turned it over to the bank, but not for deposit.  The Feds take
> over from there.  Of course the sender is out of the country and virtually
> impossible to locate and prosecute.
>
> 73
> Bob, K4TAX
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eugene Klingler" <n8zx at hughes.net>
> To: <k.nesbitt at shaw.ca>; "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment"
> <tentec at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 3:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Live and Learn
>
>
>>a check that clears is not safe.....my bank tells me that if the check is
>> found to be bad much later in the clearing chain you have to pay back the
>> check to your bank      73 gene klingler n8zx at hughes.net
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kirb Nesbitt" <k.nesbitt at shaw.ca>
>> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 4:22 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Live and Learn
>>
>>
>>> Yes, Nigeria and Canada, well known abusers of internet commerce.
>>>
>>> VE6IV
>>>
>
>
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