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April 27, 2005 at 4:00 am #86996marguerite-lynn-williamsSpectator
I just wanted to bring everyone’s attention to a few scams that are
going around on the internet lately.
I’ve spoken with many colleagues who teach various instruments, and
have experienced this myself as well.
May 3, 2005 at 4:00 am #86997marguerite-lynn-williamsSpectatorI just received another one of these “requests” and thought I would post it so everyone can recognize them.
Dear Friend,
I am mr williams jeff and i saw your advert on internet. My daughter is interested in learning the piano as mentioned by
you and I am happy with your area of specialty.
She will be in by the 1st week in june and will be
returning home by November so,I will want you to help me
in lessoning her an hour,2X a week on playing the Piano.
I will like to know your exact location and avail me of
your telephone numbers too.
So,please calculate the total cost from 2nd week in june to
the last week of November to me.
June 24, 2005 at 4:00 am #86998Elizabeth Volpé BlighParticipantWhen I saw this posting, I couldn’t believe it, but, sure enough, I have been getting e-mails
from someone with atrocious grammar, who won’t take no for an answer. Has anyone
been charged with fraud yet?
June 24, 2005 at 4:00 am #86999Elizabeth Volpé BlighParticipantIf you get these e-mails, you can alert abuse@yahoo or abuse@hotmail, and let them know
that their services are being used for criminal purposes. For example, if the person’s e-
mail address is @yahoo.co.uk, then you would contact abuse@yahoo.co.uk.
June 24, 2005 at 4:00 am #87000Elizabeth Volpé BlighParticipantThe police are very aware of these types of fraud. To report in Canada, forward the e-
mails to wafl@phonebusters.com. I don’t know who you would report to in the States, but
it’s a good idea to shut these guys down, so please report them, even if you haven’t lost
any money.
July 1, 2005 at 4:00 am #87001Muriel Denoix-EatonParticipantA friend of mine also got this kind of offer described above.
There is also another scam going on, which seems to target music and foreign language teachers:
May 29, 2007 at 11:18 pm #87002sherry-lenoxParticipantMy teacher was
August 31, 2007 at 2:54 pm #87003karen-conoanParticipantThe scam continues.
August 31, 2007 at 4:23 pm #87004anita-burroughs-priceParticipantHi Karen,
I received the same letter from the gentleman in Spain yesterday
asking me to teach his child BAGPIPES. He must think
harpists are truly multi-faceted!October 3, 2007 at 1:25 pm #87005susanna-campbellSpectatorI remember hearing about these scams from another harpist.
October 3, 2007 at 1:53 pm #87006Jessica FrostParticipantI’ve been receiving a few of these emails but I also wanted to warn you of another type I got a few days ago.
October 29, 2007 at 10:46 pm #87007Saul Davis ZlatkovskiParticipantI’m not sure if this is spam or not or legit, but it does seem spurious, as it requires no credentials whatsoever to be listed as a teacher.
We represent http://www.Teachortutor.com and TheLNM.com .
We saw your site and interested in a link exchange.
Our offer is a 3 way link: you link to
teachortutor.com and we link to
you on TheLNM.com (PageRank 5).Last thing is we would like our link to look like
this:
teach [title]
http://www.teachortutor.com/%5Bwebsite address]
teach [description]or you can use this code to do it quickly:
just copy and paste into your links page
<a href="http://www.teachortutor.com/“>teach –
teach anythingHave a great day and we look forward in doing business
with you, in
the very near future,Nick Johnson
Teachortutor.comDecember 11, 2007 at 3:06 pm #87008unknown-userParticipantI checked its ledgit.
December 12, 2007 at 9:45 am #87009mr-sMemberoh my god thats really scary .
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