On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:03:44 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
wrote:

On 9/4/2013 12:07 PM, B29 wrote:
On 9/4/2013 8:19 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:


And who was your husband? The current holder of K9CPU is alive and well.

Yes Jerry, I suspect that none of this gear exists except for the text
above. This is very likely a scam. The worst part of it is that I
suspect it is being perpetrated by a ham radio operator.

Yup, I don't see why a single ham would have all of this equipment. It
looks like someone just got a list of model numbers from various sites
and put it together, without understanding what they were. That's what
tipped me off and why I started investigating.

I sincerely doubt it is a ham. A ham would have a better idea of what's
being listed. And it didn't take long to find a posting by the REAL
holder of the call sign at 5:30 this morning.

Can you, (or anyone else here) confirm that K9CPU is indeed alive and well? An
how was it confirmed? I ask before I submit an email report to Giganews
regarding this post. I looked K9CPU up in QRZ but there is no email address
listed unfortunately, so I can't contact him directly. A Yahoo search didn't
come up with anything helpful either. If this is a scam, it is obviously illegal
and needs to be reported, but if real, I don't want to add to a bad situation.

Bob KB2ZGN

On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 22:43:35 -0400, Bob wrote:

Can you, (or anyone else here) confirm that K9CPU is indeed alive and well? An
how was it confirmed? I ask before I submit an email report to Giganews
regarding this post. I looked K9CPU up in QRZ but there is no email address
listed unfortunately, so I can't contact him directly. A Yahoo search didn't
come up with anything helpful either. If this is a scam, it is obviously illegal
and needs to be reported, but if real, I don't want to add to a bad situation.

I couldn't make the determination. However, if you Google for the
email address, or search the various Google groups for the email
address, you'll find the identical message posted to at least 63
newsgroups and facebook pages:
https://www.google.com/search?q=hamk9cpu%40yahoo.com&num=50&filter=0&biw= 1309&bih=857
The call sign has also been used to create logins on various ham
related sites. For example:
http://www.4x4ham.com/showthread.php?3425-Welcome-K9CPU
I think that would be sufficient evidence that it's a scam.

--
Jeff Liebermann
150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com
Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558

On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:13:12 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 22:43:35 -0400, Bob wrote:

Can you, (or anyone else here) confirm that K9CPU is indeed alive and well? An
how was it confirmed? I ask before I submit an email report to Giganews
regarding this post. I looked K9CPU up in QRZ but there is no email address
listed unfortunately, so I can't contact him directly. A Yahoo search didn't
come up with anything helpful either. If this is a scam, it is obviously illegal
and needs to be reported, but if real, I don't want to add to a bad situation.

I couldn't make the determination. However, if you Google for the
email address, or search the various Google groups for the email
address, you'll find the identical message posted to at least 63
newsgroups and facebook pages:
https://www.google.com/search?q=hamk9cpu%40yahoo.com&num=50&filter=0&biw= 1309&bih=857
The call sign has also been used to create logins on various ham
related sites. For example:
http://www.4x4ham.com/showthread.php?3425-Welcome-K9CPU
I think that would be sufficient evidence that it's a scam.

Thanks Jeff. I just sent the email to Giganews requesting they look into it, and
asking about the link discrepancy.

73, Bob KB2ZGN

On 9/5/2013 10:43 PM, Bob wrote:
On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:03:44 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
wrote:

On 9/4/2013 12:07 PM, B29 wrote:
On 9/4/2013 8:19 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:


And who was your husband? The current holder of K9CPU is alive and well.

Yes Jerry, I suspect that none of this gear exists except for the text
above. This is very likely a scam. The worst part of it is that I
suspect it is being perpetrated by a ham radio operator.

Yup, I don't see why a single ham would have all of this equipment. It
looks like someone just got a list of model numbers from various sites
and put it together, without understanding what they were. That's what
tipped me off and why I started investigating.

I sincerely doubt it is a ham. A ham would have a better idea of what's
being listed. And it didn't take long to find a posting by the REAL
holder of the call sign at 5:30 this morning.

Can you, (or anyone else here) confirm that K9CPU is indeed alive and well? An
how was it confirmed? I ask before I submit an email report to Giganews
regarding this post. I looked K9CPU up in QRZ but there is no email address
listed unfortunately, so I can't contact him directly. A Yahoo search didn't
come up with anything helpful either. If this is a scam, it is obviously illegal
and needs to be reported, but if real, I don't want to add to a bad situation.

Bob KB2ZGN


Yes, he was alive when I looked. I checked his license, and found a
post by him on his company's blog about 5:30 that morning. And it was
not like his is a common name.

If you want to know for sure, get his info from the FCC database and
give him a call.

But it won't make any difference if you submit a report to giganews or
not. They don't care.

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Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry, AI0K

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On Thu, 05 Sep 2013 23:40:47 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
wrote:

On 9/5/2013 10:43 PM, Bob wrote:
On Wed, 04 Sep 2013 14:03:44 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
wrote:

On 9/4/2013 12:07 PM, B29 wrote:
On 9/4/2013 8:19 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:


And who was your husband? The current holder of K9CPU is alive and well.

Yes Jerry, I suspect that none of this gear exists except for the text
above. This is very likely a scam. The worst part of it is that I
suspect it is being perpetrated by a ham radio operator.

Yup, I don't see why a single ham would have all of this equipment. It
looks like someone just got a list of model numbers from various sites
and put it together, without understanding what they were. That's what
tipped me off and why I started investigating.

I sincerely doubt it is a ham. A ham would have a better idea of what's
being listed. And it didn't take long to find a posting by the REAL
holder of the call sign at 5:30 this morning.

Can you, (or anyone else here) confirm that K9CPU is indeed alive and well? An
how was it confirmed? I ask before I submit an email report to Giganews
regarding this post. I looked K9CPU up in QRZ but there is no email address
listed unfortunately, so I can't contact him directly. A Yahoo search didn't
come up with anything helpful either. If this is a scam, it is obviously illegal
and needs to be reported, but if real, I don't want to add to a bad situation.

Bob KB2ZGN


Yes, he was alive when I looked. I checked his license, and found a
post by him on his company's blog about 5:30 that morning. And it was
not like his is a common name.

If you want to know for sure, get his info from the FCC database and
give him a call.

But it won't make any difference if you submit a report to giganews or
not. They don't care.

Maybe so, but I have to give it a try anyway. Thanks for the info Jerry.

73, Bob KB2ZGN