It is most definitely a scam. I received this same message - twice - in my private email account. Duaine On 06/26/2012 11:27 PM, Michael Magness wrote: > The following email was in my inbox this morning, it appeared to have been forwarded from a DEBBIE WILLIAMS > *Hello,* > * My name is Andrew Bishop am hearing impaired i have 2 piano's, 1 Steinway grand piano, and 1 upright piano in > my home in New York, and I have stop using them some years back since I heard my ear problem, So I have 2 nephew I > want to pass it to because they have a music group So i want to service them, before giving them as gift, But they are > relocating here in Same State with you soon so I want the piano's to be a surprise so by the time they settle I will > present it to them as a surprise, so it would be better for me to service the piano's here, that's why i am contacting > you for the service, so can you do the servicing for me,* > * it will have to be shipped from New York, to your shop if you can do the servicing for me as I'm currently > recuperating from an ear surgery so i am paying with my credit card and i would have the piano's shipped to your > workshop for the servicing, let me have your info also i want a full service for it okay and i hope if i get it to you > then you. Can estimate me the amount it will cost, so i need your tel number, fax number and your workshop address and > your name.* > * > * > *Please Reply me to: Eemah4real at gmail.com <mailto:Eemah4real at gmail.com>* > * > * > *Thanks...* > ** > I saw no harm in sending the rquested info since it was all available on my website anyway, I recieved an answer > asking if i would charge storage while the pianos were being serviced. I said no only if they were still here within a > few weeks after completion that we would have to find other storage facilities as my shop is not that large. > He responded saying the pianos would arrive at 1500hrs on Monday! > I was out all sfternoon & didn't find that until after 6PM, I sent an email to Debbie Williams & tried checking the > PTG directory for her but she isn't there. If I don't hear back from her tomorrow, I intend to explain to Mr. Bishop > that there have been stolen Steinways & scams of various types going on & I will need some proof of ownership of the > pianos prior to accepting them. > Any advice anyone can give or if either of these names are familiar to anyone, feel free to chime in, > Mike > > -- > > I think we are a product of all our experiences. > Sanford I. Weill <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/s/sanfordiw283095.html> > > Michael Magness > Magness Piano Service > 608-786-4404 > www.IFixPianos.com <http://www.ifixpianos.com/> > email mike at ifixpianos.com <mailto:mike at ifixpianos.com> -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing& Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home& Business user of Linux - 11 years
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