<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Piano Buying Scam</title></head><body> <div>How exactly is this a scam?</div> <div><br></div> <div>If you receive the money before shipment, seems like the customer would be trusting you to send the piano and the difference.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Of course if it's the other way around, I could understand someone's reluctance to let the product go first.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Keith McGavern</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">I occasionally sell pianos on the PianoMart web page. One "buyer" responded today claiming to be a piano dealer in Lagos, Nigeria. (hm-m-m-m). This dealer, a Mrs. Davies, said she would take the piano and have it shipped to Nigeria via FedEx (hm-m-m-m #2). A man in Florida owed her $11,500, and he would send me this amount and I would send the difference to Nigeria. You get the idea. The sender signed the note by miss-spelling her name. I doubt any on this list are foolish enough to fall for crude scams such as this, but be alert!</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Philip Jamison Pianos</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">West Chester, PA</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> </body> </html>