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Author: gwie
Date: 2011-02-16 19:52
Ahh, yet another email lesson scam through Craigslist. Three lessons a week for two months? Cashier's check? Riiiiight....
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Hello,
Thank you for the prompt response. Yes....i want my son for the tutorial.He is 14yrs old, and he will be in your area for 2 months.He just completed his grade 7th,so i want you to be teaching him Clarinet lessons for the period of his 2 months stay. I have made contacts with him concerning the arrangement of the tutoring which he told me 3 times a week will be fine with him and i want you to know that i am going to pay for the 2 months in full, so let me know the total cost for the 2 months lessons if you are charging $75 per lesson.
Besides,i want to inform you that we don't live in the states,we live here in England and my son name is Michael,He will be coming over to USA by next week and i want him to learn Clarinet while hes there in US for future benefit .... On Payment,I will be sending you the payment inform of Cashier Check that can be easily cashed at your local bank and it can be made out on-time.
Thanks and waiting to read from you kindly get back to me with the necessary details needed for the payment as i want everything to be well arranged before his arrival next week.
FULL NAME:
FULL ADDRESS:
ZIP CODE :
CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:
I will be waiting to read your e mail soon.
Best Regards,
Dennis.
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2011-02-16 20:17
I love how they claim to live in England and yet can't write in English!!!!
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2011-02-16 20:33
Tobin wrote:
> I love how they claim to live in England and yet can't write in
> English!!!!
And living in a country implies that you can write the language? Not in a lot of countries that attract immigrants ...
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2011-02-16 21:04
I wonder what would happen if we were to respond with the address of a police department or federal agency or something. Maybe some spam mail their way might help catch some of these or crack down harder? Just wondering.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2011-02-16 21:07
sfalexi wrote:
> I wonder what would happen if we were to respond with the
> address of a police department or federal agency or something.
Nothing will happen, unfortunately. Gotta have a crime first ...
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Author: PrincessJ
Date: 2011-02-16 23:51
That's just it. A lot of "bad things" get by the "fuzz".
I got a spam mail recently that was about two pages long and very creatively entertaining, claiming to be some person of high legal power, with enough spelling and grammar errors to amuse a ten year old.
I actually took the time to read it all as it was so entertaining and ridiculous. I normally don't even open those up but this one was a must-see.
-Jenn
Circa 1940s Zebra Pan Am
1972 Noblet Paris 27
Leblanc Bliss 210
1928 Selmer Full Boehm in A
Amateur tech, amateur clarinetist, looking to learn!
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Author: gwie
Date: 2011-02-17 00:59
Mark, what I find amusing is that it's the *exact same* email, spelling errors and everything...that many of us have gotten for years!
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Author: sfalexi
Date: 2011-02-17 02:27
Actually, Mark, I was thinking, how about putting a link on your classifieds ads with maybe some sample emails highlighting key words to watch out for to help others determine whether it was spam or not? Would only be some extra text, copied and pasted somewhere on the site. Then highlight or notate that common words and phrases in spam mail could include such things as I am very interested in your product (not naming the specific product), I will arrange to have it picked up and whatever else they use.
Alexi
US Army Japan Band
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2011-02-17 02:40
"And living in a country implies that you can write the language? Not in a lot of countries that attract immigrants ..."
The email was sent by "Dennis", whose son is "Michael", and they're not pretending to be English?
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2011-02-17 11:54
Ssshhh! We shouldn't tell the fraudsters how ridiculous their scam letter looks to us! They might get wise and learn to send something less easy to identify, laugh at and ignore.
[Kidding....]
Lelia
http://www.scoreexchange.com/profiles/Lelia_Loban
To hear the audio, click on the "Scorch Plug-In" box above the score.
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Author: charla
Date: 2011-02-17 14:03
A friend of my husband's at Los Alamos national lab figured out how to snag the info from one of these scams and lock up their bank account for a few days. When they screamed and threatened him, he cheerfully offered to give them the contact information for the fbi. Made everyone's day.
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Author: JJAlbrecht
Date: 2011-02-18 13:32
>>And living in a country implies that you can write the language? Not in a lot >>of countries that attract immigrants ...
Mark, one might say the same thing about the United States, but (sadly) most of the illiterates here tend to be home-grown. ![[whoa]](http://test.woodwind.org/clarinet/BBoard/smileys/smilie10.gif)
Jeff
“Everyone discovers their own way of destroying themselves, and some people choose the clarinet.” Kalman Opperman, 1919-2010
"A drummer is a musician's best friend."
Post Edited (2011-02-18 13:33)
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