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QUESTIONABLE E MAIL

WILLIAM PARDIE
 


I just received suspicious? e-mail from William McKown titled "Checking In" and requesting a reply.
It comes from a Rosilyn McKown.  

If this is from Bill McKown from W&R  Enterprises which has been closed for 15+ years, I would like to respond.. My last contact with Bill was over 25 years ago before I had e-mail.  I have always been a great supporters of Bill and the quality of his brass imports.  T one time my freight car roster was unbalanced with cars from the Pacific Northwest because of the quality of his models.

Does anyone know if Bill is still with us?He did an article in Model Railroader in the 1960's which kind of establishes his age.  If this e-mail is truly from him I would like to contact him but am skeptical.

Thanks:

Bill Pardie

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

BRIAN PAUL EHNI
 

I doubt it. There has been a lot of that kind of email going around. And the different return address confirms it. 

Thanks!
Brian Ehni 
(Sent from my iPhone)

On Feb 4, 2023, at 2:43 PM, WILLIAM PARDIE <PARDIEW001@...> wrote:



I just received suspicious? e-mail from William McKown titled "Checking In" and requesting a reply.
It comes from a Rosilyn McKown.  

If this is from Bill McKown from W&R  Enterprises which has been closed for 15+ years, I would like to respond.. My last contact with Bill was over 25 years ago before I had e-mail.  I have always been a great supporters of Bill and the quality of his brass imports.  T one time my freight car roster was unbalanced with cars from the Pacific Northwest because of the quality of his models.

Does anyone know if Bill is still with us?He did an article in Model Railroader in the 1960's which kind of establishes his age.  If this e-mail is truly from him I would like to contact him but am skeptical.

Thanks:

Bill Pardie

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

vapeurchapelon
 

Bill,
 
I got the same. I, too was confused and thought about asking publicly if there are other receivers. Now you came first - proving that it's scam/ their account had been hacked.
I had direct contact with William 2 or 3 years ago (via this account where we just got that §!&$/% from), I purchased some parts because he still had/ has an inventory, last year I emailed him again but didn't get a reply.
 
I don't know if he still is with us, but I really hope so!
 
Greetings
 
Johannes (still unable to write directly to you, so please don't wonder...)
 
Gesendet: Samstag, 04. Februar 2023 um 21:43 Uhr
Von: "WILLIAM PARDIE" <PARDIEW001@...>
An: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Betreff: [RealSTMFC] QUESTIONABLE E MAIL
 
I just received suspicious? e-mail from William McKown titled "Checking In" and requesting a reply.
It comes from a Rosilyn McKown.  
 
If this is from Bill McKown from W&R  Enterprises which has been closed for 15+ years, I would like to respond.. My last contact with Bill was over 25 years ago before I had e-mail.  I have always been a great supporters of Bill and the quality of his brass imports.  T one time my freight car roster was unbalanced with cars from the Pacific Northwest because of the quality of his models.
 
Does anyone know if Bill is still with us?He did an article in Model Railroader in the 1960's which kind of establishes his age.  If this e-mail is truly from him I would like to contact him but am skeptical.
 
Thanks:
 
Bill Pardie
 
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
 

Kevin Macomber
 

Rule 1. Delete any email that looks suspicious. If it's important enough, they will reach out again.

On 2023-02-04 15:01, vapeurchapelon wrote:
Bill,
I got the same. I, too was confused and thought about asking publicly
if there are other receivers. Now you came first - proving that it's
scam/ their account had been hacked.
I had direct contact with William 2 or 3 years ago (via this account
where we just got that §!&$/% from), I purchased some parts because
he still had/ has an inventory, last year I emailed him again but
didn't get a reply.
I don't know if he still is with us, but I really hope so!
Greetings
Johannes (still unable to write directly to you, so please don't
wonder...)
Gesendet: Samstag, 04. Februar 2023 um 21:43 Uhr
Von: "WILLIAM PARDIE" <PARDIEW001@...>
An: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Betreff: [RealSTMFC] QUESTIONABLE E MAIL
I just received suspicious? e-mail from William McKown titled
"Checking In" and requesting a reply.
It comes from a Rosilyn McKown.
If this is from Bill McKown from W&R Enterprises which has been
closed for 15+ years, I would like to respond.. My last contact with
Bill was over 25 years ago before I had e-mail. I have always been a
great supporters of Bill and the quality of his brass imports. T one
time my freight car roster was unbalanced with cars from the Pacific
Northwest because of the quality of his models.
Does anyone know if Bill is still with us?He did an article in Model
Railroader in the 1960's which kind of establishes his age. If this
e-mail is truly from him I would like to contact him but am skeptical.
Thanks:
Bill Pardie
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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gary laakso
 

I am not aware of his ever e-mailing anyone and the title sounds like a fraud. 

 

Gary Laakso

 

From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of WILLIAM PARDIE
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 12:44 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: [RealSTMFC] QUESTIONABLE E MAIL

 

 

I just received suspicious? e-mail from William McKown titled "Checking In" and requesting a reply.

It comes from a Rosilyn McKown.  

 

If this is from Bill McKown from W&R  Enterprises which has been closed for 15+ years, I would like to respond.. My last contact with Bill was over 25 years ago before I had e-mail.  I have always been a great supporters of Bill and the quality of his brass imports.  T one time my freight car roster was unbalanced with cars from the Pacific Northwest because of the quality of his models.

 

Does anyone know if Bill is still with us?He did an article in Model Railroader in the 1960's which kind of establishes his age.  If this e-mail is truly from him I would like to contact him but am skeptical.

 

Thanks:

 

Bill Pardie

 

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

 

gary laakso
 

Still with us as of last month.

 

Gary Laakso

 

From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of vapeurchapelon
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 1:02 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] QUESTIONABLE E MAIL

 

Bill,

 

I got the same. I, too was confused and thought about asking publicly if there are other receivers. Now you came first - proving that it's scam/ their account had been hacked.

I had direct contact with William 2 or 3 years ago (via this account where we just got that §!&$/% from), I purchased some parts because he still had/ has an inventory, last year I emailed him again but didn't get a reply.

 

I don't know if he still is with us, but I really hope so!

 

Greetings

 

Johannes (still unable to write directly to you, so please don't wonder...)

 

Gesendet: Samstag, 04. Februar 2023 um 21:43 Uhr
Von: "WILLIAM PARDIE" <PARDIEW001@...>
An: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Betreff: [RealSTMFC] QUESTIONABLE E MAIL

 

I just received suspicious? e-mail from William McKown titled "Checking In" and requesting a reply.

It comes from a Rosilyn McKown.  

 

If this is from Bill McKown from W&R  Enterprises which has been closed for 15+ years, I would like to respond.. My last contact with Bill was over 25 years ago before I had e-mail.  I have always been a great supporters of Bill and the quality of his brass imports.  T one time my freight car roster was unbalanced with cars from the Pacific Northwest because of the quality of his models.

 

Does anyone know if Bill is still with us?He did an article in Model Railroader in the 1960's which kind of establishes his age.  If this e-mail is truly from him I would like to contact him but am skeptical.

 

Thanks:

 

Bill Pardie

 

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

 

Gary Wildung
 

I got the same messge it is spam because i repyed anf they wanted a gft card Did not reply to that one
Gary

From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> on behalf of gary laakso <vasa0vasa@...>
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 3:50 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] QUESTIONABLE E MAIL
 

Still with us as of last month.

 

Gary Laakso

 

From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of vapeurchapelon
Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2023 1:02 PM
To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] QUESTIONABLE E MAIL

 

Bill,

 

I got the same. I, too was confused and thought about asking publicly if there are other receivers. Now you came first - proving that it's scam/ their account had been hacked.

I had direct contact with William 2 or 3 years ago (via this account where we just got that §!&$/% from), I purchased some parts because he still had/ has an inventory, last year I emailed him again but didn't get a reply.

 

I don't know if he still is with us, but I really hope so!

 

Greetings

 

Johannes (still unable to write directly to you, so please don't wonder...)

 

Gesendet: Samstag, 04. Februar 2023 um 21:43 Uhr
Von: "WILLIAM PARDIE" <PARDIEW001@...>
An: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io
Betreff: [RealSTMFC] QUESTIONABLE E MAIL

 

I just received suspicious? e-mail from William McKown titled "Checking In" and requesting a reply.

It comes from a Rosilyn McKown.  

 

If this is from Bill McKown from W&R  Enterprises which has been closed for 15+ years, I would like to respond.. My last contact with Bill was over 25 years ago before I had e-mail.  I have always been a great supporters of Bill and the quality of his brass imports.  T one time my freight car roster was unbalanced with cars from the Pacific Northwest because of the quality of his models.

 

Does anyone know if Bill is still with us?He did an article in Model Railroader in the 1960's which kind of establishes his age.  If this e-mail is truly from him I would like to contact him but am skeptical.

 

Thanks:

 

Bill Pardie

 

Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

 

WILLIAM PARDIE
 





Gary and others for validating my suspicions on the McKown e-mail.  I’m glad to hear that bill is still around.  Above are two examples of why I was so enamored with the models that Bill imported.  They required very little if any upgrading.  I was in touch with Bill when I painted the NP boxcar.  He pointed out that the color recommended on the Microscale decal sheet was incorrect.  The 44 tonner was painted by a friend. Hope you enjoy.

Thanbks again:

Bill Pardie

ed_mines
 

Although this is a fake, similar e-mails could be from a relative reaching out to sell what's left of a model RR business.
Anyone else do business with trader Art in Olmstead, Ohio? I did and visited him once when I worked in Cleveland (1981).
Art would order items from Walthers and give customers a 20% discount off of list. He sold a lot o brass too.
Art lived in a very large house (maybe with some people not his relatives) but he had his model business in an electrified shed.
I bought a lot of kits from Art including a couple I saw in the shed..
About 10 years after I visited him I got a letter from someone liquidating Art's business. He offered me 100+ freight car/caboose kits for $200 which included shipping.
How could I resist? I had neither the space nor desire to keep all those kits but I kept 10 or 12 and sold the rest to a man in Florida who sold old kits. I received around $200 so I got the kits I kept for free.
I'd send a letter to Bill's old address and see if anyone replies..


 

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