Dear fellow PKF brothers and sisters:

It appears we have a scammer in our midst, having just arrived on PKF yesterday using the name Irenene. Through shear acts of serendipity "she" appears to miraculously own equipment that various ones of us have posted about in the WANTED section.

To date there have been four postings by this person, all phrased more or less the same way. I received an email yesterday asking if I was still interested in purchasing a used 4m Ozone Access V6 (which I still am, but that is besides the point). I list my email address in my member profile so that made sense.

In response to the email I asked various things such as the person's PKF user name, why they were selling the kite, and requested a general description. What I got back was a copied and paste series of paragraphs which were the sales and marketing description that one reads on the Ozone website. Here's the kicker: this person sent two photos of an access kite that were obviously amateur, not stock. I just did a quick Google Images search for Ozone Access V6 and sure enough, there they were, taken from the KB Kiteboarding website. I've got to say, I sort of admire that extra effort.

Irenene - if you are legit then please join our community the right way. Introduce yourself, share some legitimate kiting stories, be polite, and take your time with us. This is a community of enthusiastic and supportive-of-one-another power kiters. Coming onto our site and in one day just sort of spray yourself all over the place responding to WANTED adds with shockingly exactly what folks are looking for is not the stuff that builds trust.

Brent - your response was classic! http://www.powerkiteforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=31447#pid30...

When I created this thread I hadn't seen the posts made by the gang yesterday about this kook. Now my post looks over dramatic. Doh! :o

Hey...this Nigerian king contacted me and has $150 grand AND many many powerkites to ship me if I pay $2000 for shipping....

I think it's legit cause his name isn't Irenene...

:P