This is not new - I had this one a couple of years ago. I agreed to teach the child in question and quoted my fee as £2,000 per half hour lesson. They agreed to this. I am not that good!
Then I got bored. Cheers, Lawrence > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:44 PM, valerie wells <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I thought I should give you all a heads up on the latest phishing scam > that > > someone tried to sucker me into. I was contacted by someone "in another > > country" who claimed he wanted me to teach his daughter music lessons > this > > summer while she was staying with a guardian in my town. We agreed upon > a > > price, lesson times, etc. He said he would send me a check above the > agreed > > amount so I could be given my share and pay the guardian for his/her > > services. He had some story about how it's better for him to write one > > check rather than two, etc. Hmmm, sounds phishy, so I told him I would > not > > accept checks from foreign banks. He he assured me I would receive a > check > > from a United States bank. He said the check would contain a "little > extra" > > for my trouble and the rest was to be handed to the child's guardian. > > > > I received the check exactly one day before the lessons were to begin. > The > > check appeared to be from a real US bank and was written for thousands > more > > than I expected. I talked to my bank officer about it. He confirmed > that > > it was a fake check and encouraged me to contact the police. He also > > explained that because the routing numbers on the check were legit, I > could > > actually process the check and receive the cash, but of course, I would > be > > in trouble a couple days later. > > > > The bank officer also explained that since most people aren't falling for > > the Canadian lottery scam anymore, this is the newest phishing scam that > > targets small business owners and people selling things on Craig's list. > > What the scammer does is to write a check above the agreed amount, ask > you > > to cash it and give them the balance. You go to the bank, cash the > check, > > they come & collect the product and the extra money while the check is > being > > "routed." After the guy is long gone with the money & the product, > you're > > in trouble for cashing a bad check and owe the bank some money! > > > > I was hoping that the local police department would want to set up some > sort > > of sting operation to catch this guy red handed, but they really weren't > > interested in that. I guess they have bigger fish to fry. So I notified > > the scammer that I know his check is bogus, have reported him to the > > authorities and if he tries to contact me to collect money, I will call > the > > police. > > -- > > Valerie Wells > > The Balanced Embouchure Method > > http://bebabe.wordpress.com/ > > http://www.beforhorn.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > post: [email protected] > > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/steve.freides%40gmail.com > > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/yateslawrence%40googlemail.com > -- Lawrenceyates.co.uk _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
