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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000040.txt from 2005/11

From: "Miriam Williams" <mwquacker@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] A scam?
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:37:05 -0500

I always delete these right away bc I'm afraid they might also carry some
kind of virus.

I've never seen the oboe lessons one. I don't know how the authors of these
msgs think they can get anyone to think they're serious if they don't use
proper English grammar and get most of the spelling right!

Mimi

----- Original Message -----
From: <OhSuzan419@-----.com>
To: <doublereed@-----.org>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [DR-L] A scam?

> For those who haven't seen these scams before, here is the drill:
>
> Somebody contacts you about getting (oboe, piano, reed-making, etc.)
> lessons
> for their child, who, conveniently, is going to be staying with a friend
> or
> relative in your city soon.
>
> Typically, the "father" asks for a lesson schedule that is beyond
> intensive
> -- such as 4X a week for several months -- and says he will pay in full,
> in
> advance.
>
> If you accept his terms, a check will arrive for a great deal more than
> the
> amount agreed upon. There is always some reason why the guy needs
> "change"
> for his check -- like he says he needs to convert it into American
> dollars, or
> some such, or it's the only check he has, or whatever. (All bogus.)
>
> He asks you to deposit the check and return the overage to him via
> Western
> Union, or he will have someone (usually his "business partner") come by
> and
> pick up the balance for him.
>
> But when you deposit his check, it bounces -- after a few days in the
> system. If you have already wired him the money, you are OUT all the
> money that you
> wired to him or spent based on his bogus check.
>
> This is indeed a scam, just like all the Nigerian or whatever inheritance
> letters that hit most of our mailboxes regularly.
>
> If it looks dicey, it is dicey. Caveat vendor.
>
> Susan
>
>
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