[NewMusic] The Nigerian Banjo Scam

[Damon Smith]

I get those for bass lessons from my craigslist ads.

Damon

On Feb 9, 2007, at 9:39 AM, Robair, Gino 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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