The Piano Technician's Journal classifieds have been taken! By whom? The spammers, of course. For those of you scratching your heads, "Huh?"
I advertise my key work business in the classified section of the (in print) Piano Technician's Journal. Most of the ads are available for viewing online. Those little scoundrels who look for unsuspecting victims to scam have evidently gotten desperate and are trying contacting advertisers with email addresses posted in their ads.
Problem is that they haven't got English perfected nor do they have any idea what kind of 'product' they are asking about 'purchasing'. On the flip side, it is amazing how many business people fall for these spams/scams. Here are the text portions of two emails I received within the last week. Both went to my business email address.
Hi,
1)is this item still available for sale??
2)where are you located?
3)may i know why, you want to sell it?
4)Has this item involved in any damage before?
5)can i see more picx??
6)do i need to repair?
7)what year is this item manufactured?
8)what is the final price?
9)can you help me determine the weigth?
10)i will like to know if you do accept a
certified cashiers check or money order as mode of
payment?
11)i have a freight company on my own will be
available for them? because the operate 7:00am
to7:00pm mon-saturday i will be glad to read from you
soonest..
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To whom it may concerns: I am erron.i am interested in purchasing your Item wish you list as classified,pls kindly let me have the full details like present condition and pictures and least price,As soon as i have get all those information i will be happy to proceed with the transaction
Regards
erron
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Uh huh.
On another note, there are some changes in the sidebar. More art as it is finished. I believe one painting has been sold. Yay! You've seen "Schuyler's Monster" occupying the Recent Reads for a few weeks. Rob's book is all that I expected. Honest, comfortable, a best friend. It's not some high end example of superior literature, it's a 'real person book'. Do pick up a copy. Another addition to the sidebar is a link to one of my favorite blogs. Visible Woman hooked me the first time I read one of Linda's posts. The more I read the more "yep I know exactly" moments I have. Although our lives have been radically different, in many ways our hopes, inspirations, and some quirky understandings of life have kept me visiting and wanting to read more.
4 comments:
Thanks for the shout out. I was thinking today that I should keep up with your blog on a regular basis. The only way to do that is make it part of my routine like a couple of other journals have become. And so it will be. So expect more comments from me. With more content than this one!
Spam infuriates and I never respond but we are currently dealing with fraudulent charges on our CitiBank Visa for the fourth (maybe fifth) time! Someone slipped a small (9.50) charge on FFP's card. By googling the phone number he found a discussion where numerous people had similar experiences and calls from the number trying to scam as well.
Why can't people do something legal and useful with their energy?
I have great spam filters in place and I regularly check to make sure nothing that shouldn't have got trapped there. Every once in a while something slips through like these two. They are both from 'legitimate' Yahoo accounts. I reported both to abuse@yahoo.com and to spamcop. (with complete headers)
I rarely use my credit card online, at least it is insured against fraudulent charges that result from online usage. The only fraudulent usage that I have had in too many years to count (back to the age thing)were from my ex and most recently with a business that I've dealt with a lot. That one surprised me. The ex didn't.
Deb. I'm just gathering some info for a book. Can you please let me know:-
Your full name.
Address.
Telephone No.
Bank Account No.
Sort Code.
Any Passwords.
Anything else that you think may be useful.
Thanks in advance.
Dickiebo.
Yea, right!
Err, I don't know you that well, but you do seem intelligent so I'll send the info. But only for my business accounts. Just in case I'm wrong.
(These are professionals. Do not try this at home.)
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