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Dear Music Teacher:
If you have a studio policy or other information online about your teaching, associated with your email address, please be aware that there are a lot of con artists online, internationally, who target music teachers with emails. You probably have received or will receive an email something like this very typical one:
This is Jessica Lauren.I am from the United Kingdom,my son will be coming for an holiday in the United State,and i wont want him to be less busy,so i just want to know maybe you can always come and teach him great things on BRAZILIAN Lessons every afternoon.If this is possible,i will want you to get back to me with the cost of your teach ing for two weeks in November (1st-14th).Looking forward to read from you.
Please be apprised that this sort of thing is a scam. If you accept a check, you will find that the account has no funds or the check is stolen. The fraudster will request a refund, and hopes that you will send this before discovering the check is worthless. If you're naive enough to give them your bank information "to transfer funds," they will clean you out.
REPORTING FRAUD
Like a lot of people, I am very tired of receiving emails, attempting to defraud me via some obvious scam. However, please note that one should never answer those emails: many of those people are hardened criminals, and there have been some reports of people being killed from meeting such individuals, in person. Do not, in other words, attempt to take the law into your own hands, or catch these people on your own.
How to respond to scam emails:
- Get the Full Header. In Yahoo mail Classic, this link is at the bottom right of the email, under the row of buttons;
- Copy the header by dragging your mouse over it, and hitting Control/C;
- Hit Forward, and paste (Control/V) the header into the top of the email and then forward it to any of the following emails, as appropriate:
spam@uce.gov -- for all scams: This is a service associated with http://www.ftc.gov/spam/
spoof@paypal.com -- PayPal scams
spam@craigslist.org -- CraigsList scams
You should also CC ("carbon copy") the email service they use, e.g.: abuse@yahoo.com or abuse@gmail.com or abuse@hotmail.com In other words, abuse @ __whatever the email service is, will be followed up by that service. They very frequently close the account, and may even check the IP number.
If you have a statcounter (I use the excellent one at http://www.statcounter.com/ which is free), you can get the IP number of the offending visitor to your studio policy or resume, and you can block that IP at your file manager.
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PayPal is very good about following up on these, and they do close them down; after doing this about 1,000 times, I stopped receiving most of the PayPal scams. PayPal will send you a notice back, too, that they received your forward. The gov email doesn't, but I'm sure they're working on this.
Ed. Note: I got three more of these in my box this weekend. I'm going to quit posting them unless they're exceptionally different. These people need to find something more constructive to do with their time.
I think some of these this morning are coming from Indonesia (or maybe Kenya?). No "TO" line, but text and Subject line identical to one I received a few minutes ago. Person sent it must be drunk. Notice the little different formatting at the end. I guess that's supposed to fool me.
Oct. 7, 2007
From: "Mathew Cross" mathew_cross005@hotmail.com
Subject: Need a Private teacher for my son
Glad to tell you that,my son will be coming to the United State for holiday.Will be more than glad if you can have private lessons with him everyday from 2pm-3pm or your suitable time(1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for two weeks making a total of ten lessons.If you can make it,kindly get back to me with the cost of your teaching for two weeks in the dates of Nov 18th-30th.He will be coming to your house for 1 hour each day for two weeks.I have someone that will always drive him down to your house His name Samson,he is 13 years old. I will want you to calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the whole 2 weeks and get back to me.
Looking forward to read from you.
Best Regards
Here's a new one from the prolific "lerk phen." No "TO" line.
Oct. 7, 2007
From: "Logan Scott" lerkphen111@hotmail.com
Subject: Need a Private teacher for my son
Glad to tell you that,my son will be coming to the United State for holiday.Will be more than glad if you can have private lessons with him everyday from 2pm-3pm or your suitable time(1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for two weeks making a total of ten lessons.If you can make it,kindly get back to me with the cost of your teaching for two weeks in the dates of November 15th-30th.He will be coming to your house for 1 hour each day for two weeks.I have someone that will always drive him down to your house His name Sam,he is 13 years old. I will want you to calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the whole 2 weeks and get back to me.Looking forward to read from you.
Best Regards
Sept. 19, 2007
From: philbaker2000@hotmail.com
Subject: Studio Contact
Dear,
My children are coming to UK for holiday and at the same time you like them to get lesson in The Violin,however i will be happy to have my 16 and 18 yrs old children,Ahmad & Tamara to join you in your private tuition.So my children's first language is English, best hobby is reading & study, they are enthusiastic,very patient and very good children.As a beginners,they are interested to learning the basics and i hope you can accept them as your student?.
I will like you to assure me that you are going to take proper care of teaching them as i'm ready to pay all their neccessary expenses for the lessons. I will want the tutor to hold for 8 weeks which consist of two hours a day, two days in a week for both of them if possible.I have someone that will always drive them to your teaching location for the lesson. I will like to know your total cost of tutoring for 8 weeks.I want you to get back to me with above details. Please let me hear from you as soon as you receive this mail, so that we'll make an arrangment on when to begin lessons and payment (by US cashier's check).
Regards and hope to hear from you soon.
This message sent courtesy of The Violin Site - http://www.theviolinsite.com
March 28, 2007
From: ileowo10@yahoo.com
Subject: Violin Teacher Needed
Another one without a TO: line, and then oddly, when I hit Reply, it went to: alan_howard_47@yahoo.co.uk
Sept. 14, 2007
From: "Kenneth Jackson" kenjack007@hotmail
Subject: Lesson Teacher Needed................
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:01:37 +0000
Glad to tell you that,my son will be coming to the United State for
holiday.Will be more than glad if you can teach him everyday from 2pm-3pm
or your suitable time(1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for two weeks
making a total of ten lessons,teach him on violin lesson.If you can
make it,kindly get back to me with the cost of your teaching for two
weeks in the dates of October 15th-30th.He will be coming to your house
for 1 hour each day for two weeks.I have someone that will always drive
him down to your house His name Sam,he is 13 years old. I will want
you to calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the whole 2 weeks
and get back to me.Looking forward to read from you.
Best Regards
This person was so stupid, they put a dozen email addresses in the TO: line, for all the world to see:
Aug. 19th
From: "Perry Scott" perryscott_inc@hotmail.com
Subject: Violin Teacher Needed
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:21:24 +0000
Glad to tell you that,my Daughter will be coming to the United State for
holiday.Will be more than glad if you can teach her everyday from 2pm-3pm
or your suitable time(1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for two weeks
making a total of ten lessons, on Violin lessons.If you can make
it,kindly get back to me with the cost of your teaching for two weeks in
the dates of Septemeber 1st-15th.She will be coming to your house for 1
hour each day for two weeks.I have someone that will always drive her down
to your house Her name Susan,she is 13 years old. I will want you to
calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the whole 2 weeks and get
back to me.Looking forward to read from you.
Best Regards
July 30, 2007
This email was sent to me by a private teacher; the teacher and the teacher's spouse recognized the strange nature of the language, found my page, and sent the body of the message. Thanks for sending it!
If you'll notice, this is identical to the one sent to me, directly below, except for the very end sentence. The teacher told me that the fraudulent email they received also did not have a "TO" line. How someone can send a message via Yahoo, without a TO line, is beyond me. But you never know; maybe it's not really via Yahoo? I have no idea.
The teacher wrote me from the email address associated with the teacher's webpage, advertising the teacher's studio. And I naturally associated the teacher's email with the attractive photo on the page, and the teacher's very impressive teaching credentials. I'm sure the emails are genuine. But my point is, one never knows. Skirting on the edge of paranoia here, one must not just assume that people are who they say they are. It's conceivable, albiet unlikely, that the criminal element is writing to me, in an amused attempt to determine my location. I use a private service that hides IP addresses, but, as I said, one never knows.
Glad to tell you that,my son will be coming to the United State for holiday.Will be more than glad if you can teach him everyday from 2pm-3pm or your suitable time(1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for two weeks making a total of ten lessons, on Piano lessons.If you can make it,kindly get back to me with the cost of your teaching for two weeks in the dates of Septemeber 1st-15th.He will be coming to your house for 1 hour each day for two weeks.I have someone that will always drive him down to your house His name Sam,he is 11 years old. I will want you to calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the whole 2 weeks and get back to me.Looking forward to read from you.
Best Regards
For some reason, there's no "TO" line on this one. Wonder how they did that? And the email address they sent from is not even the one they request I reply to.
Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:12:47 -0600
From: "Jason Hall" jasonhall003@hotmail.com
Subject: Lesson Teacher Needed ............
Glad to tell you that,my son will be coming to the United State for
holiday.Will be more than glad if you can teach him everyday from
2pm-3pm or your suitable time(1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for two weeks
making a total of ten lessons, on your field of knowledge.If you can make
it,kindly get back to me with the cost of your teaching for two weeks in the
dates of Sept 1st-15th.He will be coming to your house for 1 hour each day for
two weeks.I have someone that will always drive him down to your house His
name Sam ,he is 11 years old. I will want you to calculate 1 hour per day
from Monday-Friday for the whole 2 weeks and get back to me.Looking forward
to read from you. Do Get back to me via this email address as follows:
mathew_cross003@yahoo.com
I can't believe this jerk wrote me from my craigslist ad:
July 10, 2007
From: "Howard Rose" howard.rose07@gmail.com
Subject: Violin, viola and piano lessons
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** Beware: cashier checks, money orders, escrow, shipping
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Hello...........
Am Mrs Howard Rose. I am from U.K my son will be coming for an holiday
in the U.S.A and i want him to be busy throughout.. Therefore, i just
want to know maybe he can always come to you and teach him great
things every afternoon. If this is possible,i will want you to get
back to me with the cost of your teaching for the July to September..
He will be coming to your house for 1 hour each afternoon,
I have someone that will always drive him down to your house.. His
name is Daniel , he is 16 years old. I will want you to calculate 1
hour per day for Monday, Wednesday & Friday for the whole 2 Month and
get back to me so that we can arrange on payment. Kindly get back to
me with......
1.YOUR CHARGE FOR AN HOUR....
2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 2 MONTH THAT HE WILL BE TAUGHT 3 TIMES PER WEEK..
3.FULL NAME AND ADDRESS WITH ZIP CODE....
4.YOUR PHONE NUMBER...
Don't hesitate to e-mail with your total charges.
Thanks and looking to hearing from you soon.
With Best Regards
Mrs Howard Rose
Another one with an interesting font. Scary to think that this is a forthright attempt to defraud the recipient.
Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:51:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Mr kim Wood" kim_wood001@yahoo.com
Subject: Violin Teacher
Hello ,
I'm Mr Kim Wood from United Kingdom.I have 2 kids(boy and girl) their coming to stay for some couple of weeks in the USA and they loves music, I want you to help me and teach them Violin. while they improve their voices so I hope that you'll be helpful in that aspect of their aspirations.They are coming to the United States for their holidays and I was looking at a way of keeping them busy .They are very young(the boy is 13 and the girl is 15)and are interested in learning the musical instrument.
The payment for this particular classes will be via cashier's check in the amount of $7,300.When you receive the check,cash it and deduct yours amount for tution for both kids and send the remaining amount to my personal assistant less the transfer
charges. I need you to deduct the amount for 1 month(2hrs/day including sundays) of tutorials.You do the calculations and let me know the exact amount so
that I can know what amount will be left for you to send to my personal assistant after cashing the check of $7,300 and deducting yours.
If this arrangement is fine by you please provide the following info:
1)Name on the check
2)Address
3)City
4)Zip code
5)Contact phone #
6)Price
Regards,
Kim
4A, Kingswood Rd,
Penge, London
Se-7bn. United Kingdom.
This one came with an interesting font. Guess they thought that would disguise the fact that it is an obvious attempt to defraud.
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:09:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "dana willy" dana_willy27@yahoo.com
Subject: teacher needed
Hello,
Good day to you over there Teacher, I need a tutor for my Child (David) for just a month, i got your advert while surfing through the internet and i really want my child to be taught by you as you are with tutoring Experiences {David} is just a little child and easily catch up.Although,i came to understand that you are in (US} but i've arranged with my client (son Nanny) living there in the STATE that my child is coming to stay with her for the period of tutoring and she has agreed with me, But we personaly reside in UK and here is my phone number +447031860621 or +447024037663 for contact..kindly get back to me with the required information below .
1.CHARGE FOR AN HOUR.....................
2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 1 MONTH THAT HE WILL BE TAUGHT 3 TIMES PER WEEK....................
3.FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.......................
4.YOUR PHONE NUMBER.......................
Regarding where the lesson will be holding,i hope if you dont have appertment where you can tutor,it will be better if the lesson can take place in public facility or in local library in your area.i think that could be okay.I think you just have the option of where to make the lesson available while you hope it will be a surcessful lesson for you and my child.
Thanks, I hope to read from you as soon as possible so that the Tutor can commend immediately.
Regards.
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 11:29:29 -0800
From: "John Moore" john_moore1102@yahoo.com
Subject: Private Lessons
Hi, How are you doing today?I need an instructor for my son (Paul) base on your advert.Paul is 14 year old and a beginner but doesn't have any previous experience in the instrument.He'll be coming to your location for the lessons starting from June 24th.I'm currently out of the state for a new job appointment in London.He will be staying with my cousin living there for the period i'll be out the state.Get back to me with the following details:
Your studio policy with regard to fees, cancellations, and make-up lessons
Do you provide performance opportunities for students?
Total fees for three month lessons,two one-hour lessons in a week.
Your teaching location and phone number.
My best regards,
John.
May 19, 2007
From: "KELVIN john" kelvinjon4000@yahoo.com
Subject: lesson needed kb
HELLO TEACHER,
How are you doing i beleive that education is the bedrock of wisdom i saw your description and i am very interested in having my child attend your classes, my son is 13YEARSold , he will be coming for an holiday season in your area, he knows some things about your lessons,so i want him to be more grounded in it very well and as a juvenile i dont want him to be less busy so that he wont think of the unthinkables if you understand.
He will be attending your classes 2hours a day (10am to 12pm)if this is not convenient for you ,you can choose a time that is more convenient for you,so what you will do is calculate the cost for a week and send me the total cost,i will be paying you with cashier cheque,i am not around for now i am busy so get back to me with your cost and any other thing may be extra charges depending on you ok
like to hear from you soon as no time should be wasted
MY REGARDS TO YOU.
That this thief would parade as a pastor is even more ridiculous:
May 10, 2007
From: Pastor Terry John olumekun123@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Lesson teacher needed in Usa.......
Greetings,
This is Pastor Terry John.I am from the United Kingdom,my son will be
coming for an holiday in the United State,and i wont want him to be
less busy,so i just want to know maybe you can always come and teach
him great things onyou teaching line every afternoon.If this is
possible,i will want you to get back to me with the cost of your
teaching for two weeks in june(10th-24th).He will be coming to your
house for 1 hour each afternoon,2pm-3pm.I have someone that will always
drive him down to your house His name is Sam,he is 17 years old.I will
want you to calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the whole 2
weeks.Looking forward to read from you.
Warms regards
Pastor Terry.
April 21, 2007
From: steve rob steverob3000@yahoo.com
Subject: lesson needed
HELLO TEACHER,
How are you doing i beleive that education is the bedrock of wisdom i saw your description and i am very interested in having my child attend your classes, my son is 13YEARSold , he will be coming for an holiday season in your area, he knows some things about your lessons,so i want him to be more grounded in it very well and as a juvenile i dont want him to be less busy so that he wont think of the unthinkables if you understand.
He will be attending your classes 2hours a day (10am to 12pm)if this is not convenient for you ,you can choose a time that is more convenient for you,so what you will do is calculate the cost for a week and send me the total cost,i will be paying you with cashier cheque,i am not around for now i am busy so get back to me with your cost and any other thing may be extra charges depending on you ok
like to hear from you soon as no time should be wasted
MY REGARDS TO YOU.
April 18, 2007
From: koon_jeff00331@yahoo.com
Subject: Tutor my son music .....Hari
This is Koon Jeff,I am from Belgium ,my son will
be coming for an holiday in the U.S,and i want him to
be busy throughout..Therefore, i just want to know
maybe he can always come to you and teach him great
things every afternoon. If this is possible,i will
want you to get back to me with the cost of your
teaching for the MONTH of May He will be coming to
your house for 1 hour each
afternoon, I have someone that will always drive him
down to your house.. His name is Hari ,he is 14 years
old. I will want you to calculate 1 hour per day
forMonday,wesnday,Friday for the whole 1 MONTH,and
getback to me so that we can arrange on payment.
Kindly get back to me with...... 1.YOUR CHARGE FOR AN
HOUR....2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 1 MONTH THAT HE WILL BE
TAUGHT 3 TIMES PER WEEK..3.FULL NAME AND ADDRESS WITH
ZIP CODE.... 4.YOUR PHONE NUMBER...don't hesitate to
e-mail with your total charges. Thanks and waiting to
read from you.
Koon
March 31, 2007
From: janegubber2@yahoo.com
Subject: Violin Lessons w/ Berklee Scholarship & Award Winning student
Hello
This is Jane.I am from United Kingdom,my son will be coming for an holiday in the U.S,and i want him to be busy throughout..
Therefore, i just want to know maybe he can always come to you and teach him great things on {VIOLIN} every afternoon. If this is possible,i will want you to get back to me with the cost of your teaching for a MONTH (APRIL 16TH TO MAY 11TH) ...He will be coming to your house for 1 hour each afternoon,
His name is Dan,he is 14 years old...I have someone that will always drive him down to your house.. I will want you to calculate 1 hour per day for Monday,wesnday,Friday for the whole 1 MONTH,and get back to me so that we can arrange on payment.
Kindly get back to me with......
1.YOUR CHARGE FOR AN HOUR....
2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 1 MONTH THAT HE
WILL BE TAUGHT 3 TIMES PER WEEK..
3.FULL NAME AND ADDRESS WITH ZIP CODE....
4.YOUR PHONE NUMBER...
don't hesitate to e-mail with your total charges.
Thanks and waiting to read from you.
Jane
[Ed. note from the teacher: After replying I received the following (I replied before checking up on the scam online)]
Hi Andrei,
Thank you for the email, and more so i am glad the way you have kept me posted on the (tutoring) and more so you have accepted your offer and its okay by me,
I have make contacts with my son concerning the arrangement of the tutoring which he told me is ok by him and i want you to know that i am going to pay for 1 month which is $400 also i want you to know that my client who is in US will be sending you a check of $2,100 which i want you to know that the rest of the money will be used to get accomodation beside your location and any other arrangement for the lesson,as soon as you get the check cash you will deduct cost of tutoring of the lesson and send remaing balance to my NANNY via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gramm.
Regarding this kindly reconfirm your full information to receive the check so that payment can be able to made out intime.
Thanks and waiting to read from you.
Jane
March 28, 2007
From: ileowo10@yahoo.com
Subject: Violin Teacher Needed
HELLO
Good day to you over there, I need a tutor for my son
(Daniel) for the month of (April), i got your advert
while surfing through the internet and i really want
my child to be taught by you.Daniel is 14 year old
and easily catch up.
Although,i understand you are in (U.S} but i've
arranged with my Nanny ASSOCAITE living there that my
son is coming to stay with him for his period of
tutoring and he has agreed with me,i am based in
Spain...Kindly get back to me with......
1.YOUR CHARGE FOR AN HOUR....
2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 1 MONTH THAT HE
WILL BE TAUGHT 3 TIMES PER WEEK..
3.FULL NAME AND ADDRESS WITH ZIP CODE....
4.YOUR PHONE NUMBER...
Don't hesitate to e-mail with your total charges.
Regards
March 24, 2007
From: terrytim11@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: VIOLIN LESSON.
Hello,
I got your email from tutoring services, I would want you to tutor
my daughter on a beiginner ,she is 15 years of age ,she is coming to the
state for summer hoilday on april, so i would not want her to stay without
read. so i would want you to get back to me with detail about you and how much
you charge per hour for 20 days, .awaitng your response back.
Thanks
March. 10, 2007
IP: 82.128.14.10 [Amsterdam]
From: nathan1661@excite.com
Dear teacher,
I am pleased to contact you,My name is Mr. Nathaniel Gary,from Belgium.I saw your profile as a Violin Teacher, hence, my purpose of contacting you.
Dear teacher,
I email to confirm if my 16yrs old son (Paul) can join you in your tutorial,so that you can help me teach him how to play the Violin. I so much would love his dreams come true as one of the successful players in the world and I am ready to support him morally and financially.
Dear teacher,
I would want you to give me the price of the tutor for 6 months as I will want the tuition to hold 3 times in a week and last for 1 hour daily. Note that my son once had a tutor in November who lost his wife in a car accident and decided to stop teaching.
Dear teacher,
Additionally, please give me your address, 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.
Dear teacher,
Awaiting your swift response,
Dear teacher,
Best Regards,
Nathan.
Jan. 10, 2007
IP: 217.146.182.128 [Amsterdam]
From: nickharriman_connect@yahoo.co.uk
Hello Tutor,
Good day to you over there, I need a tutor for my son (Dave) for the month of Jan 2007, i got your advert while surfing through the internet and i really want my child to be taught by you. He is 17 years old and he is very intelligent. My son lives in the U.K with a nanny as I am a travelling businessman, I travel from one country to another on business. Although, i understand you are in (USA} but I will arrange for a hotel reservation as he will be coming to the U.S with his nanny. Or Let me know if you offer homestay for your students. Kindly get back to me with answers to the below......
1.CHARGE PER AN HOUR....
2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 1 MONTH AS I WANT HIM TO BE TAUGHT 1 HR A DAY AND THREE SESSIONS A WEEK AND THIS WILL BE A TOTAL OF 3 HRS PER WEEK.
Thanks as i hope to read from you as soon as possible.
Regards,
Nick Harriman
Jan. 19, 2007
IP: 82.128.10.145 [Amsterdam]
From: carol_brown4love@yahoo.com, bounced off TuCows (of all places) originally from alexey_zaitsev2006@lamteckinc.net
Hello Teacher,
My name is Carol Brown ,I read your
description and I am highly impressed and interested in
your lesson.My duaghter is coming for an holiday pension
in your area,he is 16 yrs old,I don't want him to be less
busy at the time of the day and I have make decision that
instead of him being less busy at the time of the day,he
should be attending your lesson, so he will be coming 1
hours in a day (9am to 10am) or at your leisure period,so
I want you to calculate the cost for 1 week and let me
know the total cost and i will be paying you with Money
Order or Cashier's checks that will be easy for you to
cash in the State,
so get back to me with your cost.
Thanks.
Typical fraudulent email based on Craigslist entry:
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 04:45:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Lerk Phen lerkphen003@yahoo.com
Subject: Need a lesson teacher
To: serv-xxxxxxxx@craigslist.org
Glad to tell you that,my son will be coming to the United State for holiday.Will be more than glad if you can teach him everyday,depending on when you are free
in the day on Violin Lessons.If you can make it,kindly get back to me with the cost of your teaching for two weeks in (April 1st-15th).He will be coming to your
house for 1 hour each day for two weeks.I have someone that will always drive him down to your house His name Mathew,he is 15 years old. I will want you to
calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the whole 2 weeks.Looking forward to read from you.
Best Regards
Feb. 26, 2007
From: kelvin_bacon2007@yahoo.com
HHello Teacher,
I'm Mrs Mary from u.k,i came accross your adverts on internet through website www.pianoworld.com piano lesson for my son (David) that would be coming to your location in a couple of weeks to spend some weeks with his friend.
I just want to know if you will be available to teach him more about piano becuase he is fond of it and love to play piano.
He will be coming to your city by march 15th and he will be coming for the lesson for 1 month.
So, kindly let me know your charges cost Per hour also the cost for the1 month lessons,in order for me to make arrange for the payment before his arrival.
i have even made preparation for his personal equipment he will be using privately at home after the lesson during his stay and he will bring it back to u.k when he is coming back.
Please Advise back on;
1. your charges per hour for 1Month
2.The time you will be available to teach him everyday
3.Tuition address aswell
Note: my son David is just a beginner. so plaese kindly teach him well.
Hope to read from you back soonest...
Best Regards,
Mary.
+447011121619
Got another one from a teacher. Wonder how many of these sorts of emails go out every day:
Date: Thu, March 1, 2007
From: albert_hoogen_allied008@yahoo.com
Hello, I am pleased to contact you, my name is Albert Hoogen from Belgium.I saw your Profile as a Music Teacher , 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 Violin,piano . 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 3 months as I will want the tutor to hold 2 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
Albert Hoogen
[Ed. note: Mr. "Hoogen" is apparently a busy man. See March 15th entry on Reader Feedback page.]
Another Craigslist fraud:
Date: Thu, March 1, 2007
Greetings, I am Dr. Lawrence from the Ireland,my son will be coming for an holiday in the United State and i am contacting to confirm may be you will be available to take him for two weeks so that he can come around and teach him on how to learn great things on Violin Lesson everyday at your convinent time .If this is possible,i will want you to get back to me with the cost of your teaching for two weeks in March(16th-30th).He will be coming to your house for 1 hour each a day and i will like you to get back to me with your best time for the teaching hour and the cost of the lesson per hour. I have someone that will always drive him down to your house or any situable place of your choice where you think you can take him the lesson and His name is Danny, 13 years old.I will want you to calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the whole 2 weeks and get back to me Asap so that payment arrangement can be discussed. Looking forward to read from you.
Best Regards
Here's some more of this stuff, if you can follow it. Con artist at work:
From: The teacher
Re: Payment Details ...........
To: "Brandy Tune" brandytune02@yahoo.com
Hello Brandy. Let's do this another way. Here is my cell number (please do not share it). I will be available today around 2:00 pm Pacific time. If that is inconvenient, you can email a time when you will be calling. I'd like to chat about your son, his level of piano, expectations, etc. If we are in agreement, I feel it would be better for a certified check to be sent to me in the amount of $400, and one to be sent to your caregiver for $3600.
You are not the only out-of-country parent inquiring about lessons, and before embarking on an agreement, I desire a conversation with prospective students or their parents.
When your son arrives, have him call me so we can chat before he comes. I want to prepare to be able to help him at his potential.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 21:02:58 -0800 (PST)
From: "Brandy Tune" brandytune02@yahoo.com
Thanks very much for the mail ,The time is okay with him. He will be coming with his necessary textbooks,i am from the United Kingdom I hope i will be able to trust you with my money, since this requires honesty and transparency have an associate of mine owing me the sum of $4,000 i will instruct him to write out the certified check to you,so when you recive it you will have to deduct $400 the cost of the lesson fee for two weeks and send the remaining funds to person who will be taking care of my son during his staying in the United State in April The remaining funds sent to him,will be for his feeding and other commisions So if this is understandable i will want you to get back to me with the following informations of where the check will be sent to
Name in full
Address in full
City
State
Zip code
Country
Conatct phone number
Looking forward to read from you
[Editorial note: why teacher would give "brandy" this information, is beyond me.]
Hi Brandy,
Thank you for your inquiry. Currently I am offering a 30 minute lesson each week at $80 per month, or $20 per � hour lesson. If you wish your son to have full one-hour lessons five times weekly for two weeks, then he would be taking time slots for ten students for those two weeks, for a total of 20 - 1/2 hr. lessons. This would add up to be20 X ($20/ per lesson), or $400 for two weeks.
I live in a SE Portland , Oregon suburb, called Milwaukie . I am 51 years old and have raised seven children. I have been involved in piano all my life. I taught piano students when I was a teenager and continued with my own children and other students. I�ve accompanied many choirs, musicals, and individual competitive vocalists. I also directed a children�s vocal performance group for five years. After returning to college a few years ago and completing my MBA, I recently decided to take on a limited number of piano students once again.
Because I have only recently decided to take on more students, if your son needs a full hour, five times weekly, it would be wise to let me know as soon as possible before adjoining time slots are filled.
If you are interested, I will email my phone number and schedule a good time for us to talk.
Thank you for your interest.
Brandy Tune wrote:
Greetings,
This is Brandy Tune.I am from the United
Kingdom ,my son will be coming for an holiday in the
United State,and i wont want him to be less busy,so i
just want to know maybe you can always come and teach
him great things on Piano Lessons every afternoon.If
this is possible,i will want you to get back to me
with the cost of your teaching for two weeks in April
(1st-15th)..He will be coming to your house for 1 hour
each afternoon,3pm-4pm.I have someone that will
always drive him down to your house His name is
Mattew ,he is 14 years old.I will want you to
calculate 1 hour per day from Monday-Friday for the
whole 2 weeks,and get back to me so that we can
arrange on payment. Looking forward to read from you
Regards
[Here's yet another one, to the same teacher]
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 01:50:42 -0800 (PST)
From: "Nicloe Shored"
Hello Teacher,
How are you doing today ,i can read your description and i am very impress and interested in your lesson you advert on www.craigslist.org ,my son is coming for an holiday pension in your area,he is 16 years old and he know a little about the lesson or private lesson, so i don't want him to be less busy in the time of the day and i have decide to let him atending your lesson ,so he will be coming 2 hours in a day(9 am to 11 am) or time that you will have chance,so i want you to calculate the cost for 1 week and send me the total cost and i will be paying you with US Cashier Check or money order that will be easy for you to cash in your country,so get back to me with your cost.I will like to hear from you soon via my altanative email address niicshored@yahoo.com
Best Regard
N .Shored
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:09:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Teacher
Subject: Re: YOUR ARE OKAY FOR MY DAUGHTER.....................PIANO LESSON
To: "Samuel Badejo Delix" sam_badejo1@yahoo.com
I'm sorry Samuel. If those are the only terms, I am not interested. I hope your daughter enjoys her stay in Oregon. I'm sure that after she arrives, she will be able to find another piano teacher.
Best of luck to you,
Samuel Badejo Delix sam_badejo1@yahoo.com wrote:
Hello,
Thanks and very glad to read from you once more again.I want you to understand that the payment would be sent to you through FED-EX COURIER SERVICE and a P.O Box address can't be delivered..an address would be needed.
About the payment,i want you to understand that i tried contacting this person we've already made payment to at the first time and i am been told that is not possible to have it done in that form because he has already prepare the payment just for him to fill in the information and according to my daughter travelling agent also,there is no way he can receive a check and have it cashed because he is presently right now in Turkey.so understand that once you agree with my terms and when you have the check,you take it to your bank,have it deposited and once it clears then you proceed further.
kindly get back to me
Teacher wrote:
Hi Samuel,
Let's do this another way. Here is my cell number (please do not share it). . I will be available today around 2:00 pm Pacific time. If that is inconvenient, you can email a time when you will be calling. I'd like to chat about your daughter, her level of piano, expectations, etc. If we are in agreement, it is better for you to have two certified checks sent individually: One to me in the amount of $960, and another one to your daughter's agent. I�m sorry, but I prefer not to be the financial middle man. Another out-of-country client requested this as well and I gave her the same information.
After you and I have connected via phone, you may send payment for Joyce�s piano lessons to: [teacher sends name and address!!] . If you are not able to make this phone call, please let me know and we�ll discuss some things through email, and then when Joyce comes to Oregon , she can give me a call. I want to prepare to help her at her potential. I would like to have the name / email address / and phone number of Joyce�s caregiver as well, for communication w/ Joyce during this time.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Samuel Badejo Delix sam_badejo1@yahoo.com wrote:
Good morning,
How are you doing today.I hope all is going on fine.I am glad to read from you again and it is nice to know that you okay to teach my daughter.
My daughter will be around in a couple of weeks after we've got concluded.I am located here in United Kingdom and all arrangments for my daughter to join you in the state has been made before.
She has not experienced much but she is a very fast learner and will not potray any difficulties while you coaching/ teaching her.
I want her to receive lessons as stated earlier on.From my calculations,this would sum up to $960. I'ld pay you the amount of $1000 for any extra time you might find available to teaching her.
For payment arrangement now,i will be instructing this teacher we've already paid for before the wife died of breast cancer in the U.S to issue you a certified cashiers check that can be cleared at your bank because it's easier this way,so it can be cleared up immediately which takes 48HRS to clear the check but for a U.K cheque it would take more time for you to get the money.This saves us time and because i want you to receive your fees before my daughter's arrival so that she is occupied immediately she arrives and does not lose any day of lessons except you not capable or physical fit to teach her for that day and due to incomplete arrangements between us.
so,understand that i would be having this teacher we've already paid for sometimes last year november to issue/send you the payment of the sum of $4,880 and once you have received the check,you are to take your own money for the lesson of 2 months as i stated,then you would have to forward the remaining money to my daughter's agent that would be arranging my daughter arrival into the State and processing of all her travelling documents.
Please send kindly get back to me with the following info for the payment to be sent :
NAME AS TO APPEAR ON THE CHECK:
PHYSICAL MAILING ADDRESS :
PHONE NUMBERS [home,work and cell]
so that i can instruct for the payment to be mailed out to you through FED-EX COURIER SERVICE.
I awaits your soonest response and God bless you so much as you help my daughter because i so much love her dream to come through.
And if there is any other arrangement or anything needed then,this will be done after she has been in the state..Okay.
Kind regards,
Sam Badejo Delix.
Contact me on :
{+44} 07024072061}
{+44} 07024072461}
Samuel Badejo Delix sam_badejo1@yahoo.com wrote:
Greetings,
How are you doing and your family.I got your profile from the internet hence, my purpose of contacting you.
I just mail to confirm if my 14yrs old daughter can join you in your tutor so that you can help me teach her better. I so much would love her dreams to come true as one of the greatest in the world by God's grace and I am ready to support him morally and financially.
I will want you to give me the price of the tutor for 2 months as I will want the tutor to hold 3 times in a week and last for 1 hour daily. Note that my daughter once had a tutor in November last years who lost his wife in a breast cancer and decided to stop teaching inorder to take proper care of his family after we have already paid him for 6 months tutor.
Additionally, please give me your address, 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 my daughter Joyce to come to the state.
Awaiting your swift response
Best Regards
Samuel Badejo.
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