[Trombone-l] Scam tutoring email

[Daniel Pliskin]

Too bad I didn’t receive one.  You see, I’m in need of a cheap day laborer.  
I’d give the kid trombone lessons, feed and house him, in exchange for lots 
and lots of hard work, around the house.

DanP



>Interesting:  I received--[begin "evidence"]
>
>Dear Christopher,
>
>I am pleased to contact you, my name is Perry Kogan from Belgium.I saw your
>Biography as a Trombone Teacher (trombonist), hence, my purpose of
>contacting you.
>
>I just mail to confirm if my 14yrs old son (Paul) can join you in your 
>tutor
>so that you can help me teach him how to play Trombone. I so much would 
>love
>his dreams to come true as a very good player and I am ready to support him
>both morally and financially.
>
>I will want you to give me the price of the tutor for 6 months as I will
>want the tutor to hold 3 times in a week and last for 1 hour daily. Note
>that my son once had a tutor last October who lost his wife in a car
>accident and decided to stop teaching inorder to take proper care of his
>family.
>
>Additionally, I would like to know the location (address) where you 
>normally
>tutor your students, so that I can have idea of where the lessons will be
>taking place as we are presently out of US,but arrangement have been
>concluded for Paul to come to US.
>
>Awaiting your swift response
>
>Best Regards
>
>Perry Kogan
>
>[end "evidence"]
>
>Busy fella. . .up to no good.
>Chris
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Erik Tkal" <bbtkal at tkal.org>
>To: <Trombone-l at server5.samford.edu>
>Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:59 AM
>Subject: [Trombone-l] Scam tutoring email
>
>
> >I received the following in my email, it seems blatantly a scam, though
> > it's very personalized, indicating small target audience.  I suspect
> > that if I were to follow up that they would attempt to coerce me into
> > receiving a larger payment for services with the agreement that I would
> > refund by check the difference, whereas their payment would turn out to
> > be fraudulent.  Is there a good reporting mechanism for these?
> >
> >  Erik
> >
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > (from: perrykogan at myway.com)
> >
> > Dear Erik,
> >
> > I am pleased to contact you, my name is Perry Kogan from Belgium.I saw
> > your Biography as a Trombone Teacher (trombonist), hence, my purpose of
> > contacting you.
> >
> > I just mail to confirm if my 14yrs old son (Paul) can join you in your
> > tutor so that you can help me teach him how to play Trombone. I so much
> > would love his dreams to come true as a very good player and I am ready
> > to support him both morally and financially.
> >
> > I will want you to give me the price of the tutor for 6 months as I will
> > want the tutor to hold 3 times in a week and last for 1 hour daily. Note
> > that my son once had a tutor last October who lost his wife in a car
> > accident and decided to stop teaching inorder to take proper care of his
> > family.
> >
> > Additionally, I would like to know the location (address) where you
> > normally tutor your students, so that I can have idea of where the
> > lessons will be taking place as we are presently out of US,but
> > arrangement have been concluded for Paul to come to US.
> >
> > Awaiting your swift response
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Perry Kogan
> >
> >
> >
> >
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