[NewMusic] The Nigerian Banjo Scam

[Polly Moller]

Gods.
I wanna be in that band.
I don't care what instrument they make me play.
I'll even wear a tiara.  ;)
P.

On 2/9/07, Robair, Gino <grobair at emusician.com> wrote:
> 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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