Piano Buying Scam

kam544@gbronline.com kam544@gbronline.com
Sun, 3 Nov 2002 10:55:54 -0600


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How exactly is this a scam?

If you receive the money before shipment, seems like the customer 
would be trusting you to send the piano and the difference.

Of course if it's the other way around, I could understand someone's 
reluctance to let the product go first.

Keith McGavern

>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!
>
>Philip Jamison Pianos
>West Chester, PA

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