[NewMusic] The Nigerian Banjo Scam

[Robair, Gino]

Hey y'all,
An FYI to those of you on the list who teach ... (not that any of us would
fall for such a ruse). [And, no Moe!, I get first dibs on that phrase in the
subject line as a future band name!]

------ Forwarded Message
> From: "P.Roehling" <Pete.Roehling at CUTOUTeee.org>
> Subject: Scammers Looking For Banjo Teachers!
> Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 12:01:17 -0800
> Newsgroups: alt.banjo,alt.banjo.clawhammer
> Message-ID: <12s764cpb2d9ia0 at corp.supernews.com>
> 
> Got two posts today from overseas. Both are from guys (?) who claim to be
> looking for banjo teachers for their sons. They also both claim their sons
> will be in America soon and want to pre-pay for their banjo lessons with
> "U.S. Certified Cashier's Checks" that they will send you before you ever
> see the kid.
> 
> This is an obvious variant on the "Nigerian Scam" where they send you a
> counterfeit check for more than the amount that they would actually owe, and
> have you send them the "change" via money order. Of course their "Cashier's
> Check" eventually bounces, and you end up being out the money you sent them.
> 
> I'm sure that most of you are aware of the Nigerian scams, but this is the
> first time I've ever seen someone try to pull one on music teachers -who can
> ill afford it- and I'd like to spread the word as far as possible and as
> quickly as possible in as many venues as possible. For instance, if anyone
> here also posts to BANJO-L, I'd appreciate it if you'd spread the
> information both there and anywhere else you can think of where music
> teachers of any sort will be likely to see it.
> 
> Let's protect our own.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Pete 
> 
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