[LUTE] Re: more general scams
As W.C.Fields' sainted father told him, "Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump." Gary - Original Message - From: "Arthur Ness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lutelist" Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:14 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams I get these scams rather frequently. Another phishing technique is to obtain personal information by offering to sell discount prescription drugs from Canada. Your greed is part of the modus. It is a ruse to get your credit card number. But waiting this morning was a letter purporting to be from an official at the Central Bank of Africa, informing me that he was sending me eight hundred thousand dollars from some "inheritance." But this one had a new twist, related to your UPS story. I would be able to withdraw the money (but not more than $2500 per day) from my local ATM using a master ATM card and PIN that he was sending me from Africa via FED EX. The ATM card would be concealed inside a magazine. I had to send all kinds of personal information to a fake FedEx e-mail address. And I was advised to act quickly because of the mounting $250/day "security" fees charged by FedEx. To retrieve my magazine I'd probably discover I'd have to pay several days of 250 dollar security fees. Sometimes these scams come through the snail mail. Charlotte has gotten quite a few at the library. These guys (and gals?) are so busy, they make their own counterfeit Nigerian stamps. Millions if not billions of dollars have been lost to such scammers. It's a huge operation. If you offer a musical instrument for sale, or even private music lessons over the Internet (Alice Artz was targeted once), you are likely to attract their attention. The FBI and Scotland Yard both have web pages devoted to these scams. =AJN (Boston, Mass.)= This week's free download is Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Simonov, conductor. To download, click on the CML link here http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ My Web Page: Scores http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/ Other Matters: http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ === - Original Message - From: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lutelist" Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:19 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams |I have not received the UPS thing, but I get emails which are phishing | attempts by individuals purporting to be PayPal. I have forwarded these | emails to PayPal and they have confirmed that the emails are indeed attempts | at phishing. Do not exhange personal information on the internet unless you | now whose on the other end, and, even then, be very, very careful. | | Anthony, I would suggest that you go to a public computer (library, | university, etc) to open the email. If it's a scam, you will know very soon | and your personal computer will be safe from any viruses. | | Gary | | - Original Message - | From: "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute List" | | Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:16 AM | Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams | | | > This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have | > received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits of a | > person who has just died intestate. | > Of course I didn't fall for that. However, a week ago I received a | > message purporting to be from UPS about an undelivered parcel, and there | > is an attachment to click on, | > and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to be | > able to receive this parcel. | > Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps | > some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. | > However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may | > be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or | > to spread a virus. | > Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. | > Anthony | > | > | > Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Guy Smith a écrit : | > | >> If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the | >> "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the | >> purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of | >> these in | >> response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to sell, and I | >> advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of several other | >> similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they could target lutes as | >> well. | >> | >> Guy
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
Folks, If you get an email saying that you have a UPS delivery, and it doesn't have a tracking number, it's not from UPS. If it does, then you can check the tracking number on the UPS site and it should have information you recognize if you initiated the shipping, but at least an actual package will be involved. UPS.com FED-ex.com USPS.gov (note, USPS tracking tends to be of the "update after delivery" variety, but if a package sits after an attempt to deliver, the paperwork should catch up with it. Also, you can usually talk to a human at the post office who is right there and can verify the existance of a package.) These are good things to have handy. ray -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
I would go as far to say NEVER click on a url in an email. If you get a message from paypal,Citibank,UPS,IRS etc, go to their website by typing the URL in internet explorer/firefox/etc, if they have sent you a message their will be a way to retrieve it from their site(which you should already have an account on - otherwise they did not send it and it is a scam). Don't fall for 'social engineering' by calling a number from the email and giving out your personal information. If you get the number from the company's website you are relatively safe(there are ways to poison your dns cache too, so not 100%) -Original Message- From: guy_and_liz Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:41 PM To: 'Lute List'; Denys Stephens Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams You should always check the actual URL associated with a suspicious link before you think about clicking it. The text you see on the screen can be completely different than the URL that it links to. - Original Message - From: "Denys Stephens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Lute List'" Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:32 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams > Dear Anthony, > I received one of those on my webmail account a couple of days ago > and it made me pause for a moment to read it - it's certainly a smart > new attempt to infiltrate our computers. The attached zip file gave it > away, as they always set the alarm bells ringing when they are > unsolicited. > Funnily enough, I just received another on my home computer and it flashed > in Outlook for just a second or two before AVG put it in the virus vault. > It's definitely a very dodgy e-mail. > > Best wishes, > > Denys > > > However, a week ago I received a message purporting to be from UPS about > an > undelivered parcel, and there is an attachment to click on, and I am told > this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to be able to receive > this parcel. > Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps > some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. > However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may be > valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or to > spread a virus. > Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. > Anthony > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
I get these scams rather frequently. Another phishing technique is to obtain personal information by offering to sell discount prescription drugs from Canada. Your greed is part of the modus. It is a ruse to get your credit card number. But waiting this morning was a letter purporting to be from an official at the Central Bank of Africa, informing me that he was sending me eight hundred thousand dollars from some "inheritance." But this one had a new twist, related to your UPS story. I would be able to withdraw the money (but not more than $2500 per day) from my local ATM using a master ATM card and PIN that he was sending me from Africa via FED EX. The ATM card would be concealed inside a magazine. I had to send all kinds of personal information to a fake FedEx e-mail address. And I was advised to act quickly because of the mounting $250/day "security" fees charged by FedEx. To retrieve my magazine I'd probably discover I'd have to pay several days of 250 dollar security fees. Sometimes these scams come through the snail mail. Charlotte has gotten quite a few at the library. These guys (and gals?) are so busy, they make their own counterfeit Nigerian stamps. Millions if not billions of dollars have been lost to such scammers. It's a huge operation. If you offer a musical instrument for sale, or even private music lessons over the Internet (Alice Artz was targeted once), you are likely to attract their attention. The FBI and Scotland Yard both have web pages devoted to these scams. =AJN (Boston, Mass.)= This week's free download is Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C, Op. 48, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Simonov, conductor. To download, click on the CML link here http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ My Web Page: Scores http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepq31c/arthurjnesslutescores/ Other Matters: http://mysite.verizon.net/arthurjness/ === - Original Message - From: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lutelist" Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:19 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams |I have not received the UPS thing, but I get emails which are phishing | attempts by individuals purporting to be PayPal. I have forwarded these | emails to PayPal and they have confirmed that the emails are indeed attempts | at phishing. Do not exhange personal information on the internet unless you | now whose on the other end, and, even then, be very, very careful. | | Anthony, I would suggest that you go to a public computer (library, | university, etc) to open the email. If it's a scam, you will know very soon | and your personal computer will be safe from any viruses. | | Gary | | - Original Message - | From: "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute List" | | Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:16 AM | Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams | | | > This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have | > received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits of a | > person who has just died intestate. | > Of course I didn't fall for that. However, a week ago I received a | > message purporting to be from UPS about an undelivered parcel, and there | > is an attachment to click on, | > and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to be | > able to receive this parcel. | > Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps | > some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. | > However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may | > be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or | > to spread a virus. | > Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. | > Anthony | > | > | > Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Guy Smith a écrit : | > | >> If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the | >> "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the | >> purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of | >> these in | >> response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to sell, and I | >> advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of several other | >> similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they could target lutes as | >> well. | >> | >> Guy | >> | >> -Original Message- | >> From: Wayne Cripps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:26 AM | >> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu | >> Subject: [LUTE] baroque guitar scam | >> | >> | >> | >> Hi folks - | >> | >> You probably know that I
[LUTE] Re: more general scams[Scanned]
Anything that comes from Africa or elsewhere offering you vast sums of money etc is a scam. There are websites around that actually tell you what these people are after. There is one whose name eludes me who actually takes up these offers and then exposes the people for what they are and then passes on their details to the Criminal Depts of the country of origin. Another scam is e-mails that inform you you have a winning number on the lottery. These people are after your bank details. Then of course there are the ones purporting to come from major banks stating that they have had major upgrades to their online banking systems and they ask you to click on a link and re-submit your bank details, ID etc. These should be reported to your bank. Care should always be advised with these things. Neil -Original Message- From: Charles Browne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 August 2008 10:50 To: gary digman; lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams The number of scam/spam emails is increasing everyday. I get about 250 - 300 spam emails/day in my webmail filter and about half are some form of 'phishing'. There is also the ecard email. A message arrives by email to say that someone has sent you an electronic Card and invites you to reply. Don't! - it may be either 'phishing' or it may be a Trojan. I also run a website for our church benefice and we recently received an email from The Ivory Coast? purporting to be from a recently widowed lady whose husband had left 2.5 M USD and who wanted to donate it to a charity but we had to reply quickly otherwise the money would be offered elsewhere. The money resides in a bank in Africa. We suppose it to be a scam as we have no safe way of finding out. Most of these scams rely on the recipients making snap decisions because the 'offer' is too good to miss. A moment's reflection will usually be enough to convince you otherwise! Charles -Original Message- From: gary digman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 August 2008 08:19 To: lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams I have not received the UPS thing, but I get emails which are phishing attempts by individuals purporting to be PayPal. I have forwarded these emails to PayPal and they have confirmed that the emails are indeed attempts at phishing. Do not exhange personal information on the internet unless you now whose on the other end, and, even then, be very, very careful. Anthony, I would suggest that you go to a public computer (library, university, etc) to open the email. If it's a scam, you will know very soon and your personal computer will be safe from any viruses. Gary - Original Message - From: "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute List" Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams > This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have > received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits > of a person who has just died intestate. Of course I didn't fall for > that. However, a week ago I received a message purporting to be from > UPS about an undelivered parcel, and there is an attachment to click > on, and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in > to be able to receive this parcel. > Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps > some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. > However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may > be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or > to spread a virus. > Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. > Anthony > > > Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Guy Smith a écrit : > >> If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the >> "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the >> purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of >> these in response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to >> sell, and I advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of >> several other similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they >> could target lutes as well. >> >> Guy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Wayne Cripps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:26 AM >> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Subject: [LUTE] baroque guitar scam >> >> >> >> Hi folks - >> >> You probably know that I run a "lutes for sale" web page. at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html . I just got the >> first "for sale" scam - at least it seems like a scam to me..
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
The number of scam/spam emails is increasing everyday. I get about 250 - 300 spam emails/day in my webmail filter and about half are some form of 'phishing'. There is also the ecard email. A message arrives by email to say that someone has sent you an electronic Card and invites you to reply. Don't! - it may be either 'phishing' or it may be a Trojan. I also run a website for our church benefice and we recently received an email from The Ivory Coast? purporting to be from a recently widowed lady whose husband had left 2.5 M USD and who wanted to donate it to a charity but we had to reply quickly otherwise the money would be offered elsewhere. The money resides in a bank in Africa. We suppose it to be a scam as we have no safe way of finding out. Most of these scams rely on the recipients making snap decisions because the 'offer' is too good to miss. A moment's reflection will usually be enough to convince you otherwise! Charles -Original Message- From: gary digman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13 August 2008 08:19 To: lutelist Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams I have not received the UPS thing, but I get emails which are phishing attempts by individuals purporting to be PayPal. I have forwarded these emails to PayPal and they have confirmed that the emails are indeed attempts at phishing. Do not exhange personal information on the internet unless you now whose on the other end, and, even then, be very, very careful. Anthony, I would suggest that you go to a public computer (library, university, etc) to open the email. If it's a scam, you will know very soon and your personal computer will be safe from any viruses. Gary - Original Message - From: "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute List" Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams > This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have > received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits of a > person who has just died intestate. > Of course I didn't fall for that. However, a week ago I received a > message purporting to be from UPS about an undelivered parcel, and there > is an attachment to click on, > and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to be > able to receive this parcel. > Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps > some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. > However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may > be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or > to spread a virus. > Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. > Anthony > > > Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Guy Smith a écrit : > >> If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the >> "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the >> purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of >> these in >> response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to sell, and I >> advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of several other >> similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they could target lutes as >> well. >> >> Guy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Wayne Cripps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:26 AM >> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Subject: [LUTE] baroque guitar scam >> >> >> >> Hi folks - >> >> You probably know that I run a "lutes for sale" web page. at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html . I just got >> the first "for sale" scam - at least it seems like a scam to me.. >> >> I am Brad Baker.I came accross your wanted advert and email address on >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html#wanted I would like >> to inform you that i have 5 course baroque guitar For Sale @ 1,400 >> Euro(Give Away Price)including shipping to your front door in Finland >> via Courier express delivery.The price of this lutes are more than >> 2,500 euro.You can't get it this price(1,400 euro)anywhere.Hurry up >> now,this is give away price.Buy one and get one free Nokia mobile >> phone. >> >> >> Maybe I am wrong... maybe many respected luthiers are now supplying >> free cell phones with their usual merchandise.. but I would suggest >> that you be careful with any internet transactions with strangers. >> >> You can see the instruments at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/ >> lute/Baker/ >> There seem to be two different pairs of guitars and a fifth by itself. >> Maybe one of them is yours! >> >> Wayne >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out of date. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: > 270.5.12/1599 - Release Date: 8/7/2008 8:49 PM > > >
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
I have not received the UPS thing, but I get emails which are phishing attempts by individuals purporting to be PayPal. I have forwarded these emails to PayPal and they have confirmed that the emails are indeed attempts at phishing. Do not exhange personal information on the internet unless you now whose on the other end, and, even then, be very, very careful. Anthony, I would suggest that you go to a public computer (library, university, etc) to open the email. If it's a scam, you will know very soon and your personal computer will be safe from any viruses. Gary - Original Message - From: "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Guy Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute List" Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:16 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits of a person who has just died intestate. Of course I didn't fall for that. However, a week ago I received a message purporting to be from UPS about an undelivered parcel, and there is an attachment to click on, and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to be able to receive this parcel. Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or to spread a virus. Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. Anthony Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Guy Smith a écrit : If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of these in response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to sell, and I advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of several other similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they could target lutes as well. Guy -Original Message- From: Wayne Cripps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:26 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] baroque guitar scam Hi folks - You probably know that I run a "lutes for sale" web page. at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html . I just got the first "for sale" scam - at least it seems like a scam to me.. I am Brad Baker.I came accross your wanted advert and email address on http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html#wanted I would like to inform you that i have 5 course baroque guitar For Sale @ 1,400 Euro(Give Away Price)including shipping to your front door in Finland via Courier express delivery.The price of this lutes are more than 2,500 euro.You can't get it this price(1,400 euro)anywhere.Hurry up now,this is give away price.Buy one and get one free Nokia mobile phone. Maybe I am wrong... maybe many respected luthiers are now supplying free cell phones with their usual merchandise.. but I would suggest that you be careful with any internet transactions with strangers. You can see the instruments at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/ lute/Baker/ There seem to be two different pairs of guitars and a fifth by itself. Maybe one of them is yours! Wayne To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1599 - Release Date: 8/7/2008 8:49 PM
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
You should always check the actual URL associated with a suspicious link before you think about clicking it. The text you see on the screen can be completely different than the URL that it links to. - Original Message - From: "Denys Stephens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Lute List'" Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:32 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: more general scams > Dear Anthony, > I received one of those on my webmail account a couple of days ago > and it made me pause for a moment to read it - it's certainly a smart > new attempt to infiltrate our computers. The attached zip file gave it > away, as they always set the alarm bells ringing when they are > unsolicited. > Funnily enough, I just received another on my home computer and it flashed > in Outlook for just a second or two before AVG put it in the virus vault. > It's definitely a very dodgy e-mail. > > Best wishes, > > Denys > > > However, a week ago I received a message purporting to be from UPS about > an > undelivered parcel, and there is an attachment to click on, and I am told > this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to be able to receive > this parcel. > Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps > some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. > However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may be > valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or to > spread a virus. > Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. > Anthony > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
You were right. That's a scam. UPS is in the business of delivering physical packages - they would have left you a note on your door, not an email, if there were an undelivered package. > This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have > received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits > of a person who has just died intestate. > Of course I didn't fall for that. However, a week ago I received a > message purporting to be from UPS about an undelivered parcel, and > there is an attachment to click on, > and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to > be able to receive this parcel. > Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking > perhaps some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just > arrived. > However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it > may be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal > details, or to spread a virus. > Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. > Anthony > > > Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Guy Smith a écrit : > >> If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the >> "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the >> purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of >> these in >> response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to sell, and I >> advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of several other >> similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they could target >> lutes as >> well. >> >> Guy >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Wayne Cripps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:26 AM >> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> Subject: [LUTE] baroque guitar scam >> >> >> >> Hi folks - >> >> You probably know that I run a "lutes for sale" web page. at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html . I just got >> the first "for sale" scam - at least it seems like a scam to me.. >> >> I am Brad Baker.I came accross your wanted advert and email >> address on >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html#wanted I would >> like >> to inform you that i have 5 course baroque guitar For Sale @ 1,400 >> Euro(Give Away Price)including shipping to your front door in Finland >> via Courier express delivery.The price of this lutes are more than >> 2,500 euro.You can't get it this price(1,400 euro)anywhere.Hurry up >> now,this is give away price.Buy one and get one free Nokia mobile >> phone. >> >> >> Maybe I am wrong... maybe many respected luthiers are now supplying >> free cell phones with their usual merchandise.. but I would suggest >> that you be careful with any internet transactions with strangers. >> >> You can see the instruments at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/ >> lute/Baker/ >> There seem to be two different pairs of guitars and a fifth by itself. >> Maybe one of them is yours! >> >> Wayne >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > > -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on quirky homemade guitars. ~ Shroud for the Dead ~ available at http://cdbaby.com/cd/droakroot7
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
Someone on another list I follow got a similar UPS message about a week ago and his posting prompted this reply from another list member: "When I get something I suspect as spam I copy and paste a chunk of its text into Google - the result in this case is at [1]http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ups-malware.shtml"; Try it and see Eric Crouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12 Aug 2008, at 17:16, Anthony Hind wrote: This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits of a person who has just died intestate. Of course I didn't fall for that. However, a week ago I received a message purporting to be from UPS about an undelivered parcel, and there is an attachment to click on, and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to be able to receive this parcel. Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or to spread a virus. Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. Anthony Le 12 aout 08 `a 17:38, Guy Smith a ecrit : If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of these in response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to sell, and I advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of several other similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they could target lutes as well. Guy -Original Message- From: Wayne Cripps [[3]mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LUTE] baroque guitar scam Hi folks - You probably know that I run a "lutes for sale" web page. at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html . I just got the first "for sale" scam - at least it seems like a scam to me.. I am Brad Baker.I came accross your wanted advert and email address on [6]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html#wanted I would like to inform you that i have 5 course baroque guitar For Sale @ 1,400 Euro(Give Away Price)including shipping to your front door in Finland via Courier express delivery.The price of this lutes are more than 2,500 euro.You can't get it this price(1,400 euro)anywhere.Hurry up now,this is give away price.Buy one and get one free Nokia mobile phone. Maybe I am wrong... maybe many respected luthiers are now supplying free cell phones with their usual merchandise.. but I would suggest that you be careful with any internet transactions with strangers. You can see the instruments at [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/Baker/ There seem to be two different pairs of guitars and a fifth by itself. Maybe one of them is yours! Wayne To get on or off this list see list information at [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ups-malware.shtml 2. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 4. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html 6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html#wanted 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/Baker/ 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: more general scams
This is not the same issue, but like many of you, no doubt, I have received several offers to share with a Nigerian banker the profits of a person who has just died intestate. Of course I didn't fall for that. However, a week ago I received a message purporting to be from UPS about an undelivered parcel, and there is an attachment to click on, and I am told this includes a form for details I need to fill-in to be able to receive this parcel. Now this time, I very nearly clicked on the attachment, thinking perhaps some lute strings, I had forgotten I had ordered, had just arrived. However, something about it made me hesitate, I may be wrong and it may be valid, but I think it is a clever new scam to get personal details, or to spread a virus. Have any of you received a similar message purporting to be from UPS. Anthony Le 12 août 08 à 17:38, Guy Smith a écrit : If you are selling an instrument over the internet, watch out for the "Nigerian scam" (they'll offer to send you considerably more than the purchase price and you are to send the extra back...). I got one of these in response to an ad for a tandem bicycle that I'm trying to sell, and I advertised only on a private mailing list. I've heard of several other similar incidents with tandems, and I imagine they could target lutes as well. Guy -Original Message- From: Wayne Cripps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:26 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] baroque guitar scam Hi folks - You probably know that I run a "lutes for sale" web page. at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html . I just got the first "for sale" scam - at least it seems like a scam to me.. I am Brad Baker.I came accross your wanted advert and email address on http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/forsale.html#wanted I would like to inform you that i have 5 course baroque guitar For Sale @ 1,400 Euro(Give Away Price)including shipping to your front door in Finland via Courier express delivery.The price of this lutes are more than 2,500 euro.You can't get it this price(1,400 euro)anywhere.Hurry up now,this is give away price.Buy one and get one free Nokia mobile phone. Maybe I am wrong... maybe many respected luthiers are now supplying free cell phones with their usual merchandise.. but I would suggest that you be careful with any internet transactions with strangers. You can see the instruments at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/ lute/Baker/ There seem to be two different pairs of guitars and a fifth by itself. Maybe one of them is yours! Wayne To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
