True, the best response is to delete the email. The trouble is, "nobody replies" never happens. Someone will reply and get scammed. Never fails. On a closely related note, I recently read a "research report" where a tech biz sent a bogus internet pharmacy email to something like a million recipients. The **percentage** number of responses was minuscule, but the sheer volume brought about all sorts of buyers. I forget the $$ amount they could have collected (if they'd been playing a real pharm-scam) but it pays a lot better than piano technology. Sent from my home-built Linux box, Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:11 AM, Rob McCall <rob at mccallpiano.com> wrote: > The problem is that they will never show up. They'll just wait for the cash > to arrive and then move on to the next target. > > Your best revenge is to delete the email. When nobody replies and nobody > sends them any money, they'll give up the scam, although I'm sure they'll > find a new scam! > > Regards, > > Rob > > (and yes I realize the irony of the default signature below!). :-) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 12, 2009, at 8:53, "Rob & Helen Goodale" <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu> > wrote: > > Follow up... > > This just occurred to me. If you want to have some fun with this go along > with it and when the "movers" show up give them a Whitney spinet with a bad > pin block and busted up bridges. Tell them you just restored it and have > arranged for a direct deposit for payment. Can you imagine the look on > their faces after the scammers move the piano across the country and later > realize *they* were just scammed! Who are they going to call to report > it? > > Rob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Rob & Helen Goodale <rrg at unlv.nevada.edu> > *To:* <pianotech at ptg.org>pianotech at ptg.org > *Sent:* Friday, June 12, 2009 8:34 AM > *Subject:* Re: I am interested in the musical instrument > > ----------------------------------------------------- > *moVers bY piAno Adebayo Mohammed* > piaNo perFeShunal moVe for yOu > wE maKe pAid wheN yeR hOme > trUst uS yoU foR deiVery > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Rob Goodale, RPT > Las Vegas, NV > > > > > Hi All, > > Received this form an ad I have for a used piano I have for sale . > Does > > this sound like a scam to any of you. > > Curious. > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090612/cd1e8f42/attachment.htm>
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