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As posted here also, I was also the recipient of an email from a scammer.

It was actually pretty good (with the exception of a couple of telltale grammar issues). The way I figured it out was, I looked at the email address on qrz and it did not correlate. So I emailed the address on qrz and the real Alan messaged me and said this was not him.

Make that x 3. I answered his emails and immediately became suspicious. He said he would send a cashiers check to cover the cost of the item. In addition, the check would include the amount of a fee to cover the cost of "his mover" to pick up the item. The "mover fee " was a good deal larger than the amount I asked for the item. Beware, he called me after midnight my time. I hung up immediately and blocked the number he called from. of note also, is that I checked on QRZ and located W4AMV's email there. When I used that email, The fake W4AMV did email back. FYI, I did some research and found that a fake cashier's check can be hard to spot, even for a bank employee. Is there a way to track down this guy?

Jeff Katchen WB2NWR