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Just had to hand over my new to me o-scope to the navy.
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Stray Electron:
   Tell the caller that you'll meet him at your local police department and that he can explain it to both you and the police at the same time.  Or maybe better, at the nearest FBI office. I'm sure that they'd be very interested in anyone pretending to be a federal law enforcement officer.
blacksheeplogic:

--- Quote from: lincoln on January 23, 2020, 10:46:47 pm ---As for the guy who called me, I have directed him to my lawyer.

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And at this point let the lawyer sort out the legitimacy of the claim etc. Other advice your are getting might be well intention but likely will make a miserable situation worse.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Stray Electron on January 24, 2020, 02:01:15 am ---
--- Quote from: Bud on January 24, 2020, 01:27:51 am ---It is pretty lousy security if oscilloscopes can be sneaked out of military facilities. Wonder what else was taken out. The caller's story smells fishy.

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   X2.  Tell them to show you a court order for you to return the scope.

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Yep, I wouldn't do a thing until a court order shows up.
CatalinaWOW:
I once worked at a government facility where a lot of stuff went over the fence literally.  It was a largish place something like 1 kM by 3 kM.  Tall chain link fences with razor wire on the top.  Guarded gates.  Regular patrols. 

But there were a lot of people working in the many buildings on the site.  Three shift 24 hour a day operation.  Some not so honest.  As the problem was reconstructed afterward they were able to place spotters for the patrols and other unwelcome eyes.  And then literally threw the stuff over the top of the fence from a truck bed.  Don't know how they caught it on the far side.  Some, perhaps all, were caught in possession of the property.

The point of all this is that is amazing how much money and effort you can spend on security and not have your operation leak proof.   I would actually say that there are only two paths to "leak proof" security.  The first is to have nothing.  The second is to not admit to what you lost.   

I find it believable that the Navy lost gear.  In spite of significant efforts to prevent that.  And am encouraged that they are following up to recover losses.  Far better than pretending it didn't happen.  And also agree that assuring this is not a scam is well worth the effort.  The evil ones are on both sides of the fence.
blacksheeplogic:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on January 24, 2020, 03:39:15 am ---Yep, I wouldn't do a thing until a court order shows up.

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Yep, and maybe they will accompany that court order with a change of receiving. You might eventually get the charge dropped but it's not much of a win if your living under a bridge destitute because you were being a ahole. Let the lawyer sort it out, US lawyers on principal don't give the government anything.
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