I got the same stuff but for my Lawson Classical Descant. I wrote back that I wanted CASH, USD, up front in unmarked 20 dollar bills with non-consecutive serial numbers. LOL!!! But do beware. I have gotten several of these scam inquiries for horns I listed on hornplayer.net.
Kendall Betts > message: 16 > date: Sat, 18 Oct 2003 07:53:44 -0700 > from: David K McCurley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > subject: [Hornlist] Re: Beware of sham buyers! > > This is timely information indeed. I have a horn for sale on > Hornplayer.net, a Finke double descant. I got an email a couple of days > back and I thought it was strange, but here are some of the things I > picked up on that raised red flags. > > 1. Buyer claimed to be from England, but was shipping to Nigeria. > (classic) > 2. He would send a cashiers check. (bogus checks are easily devised using > a laser printer) > 3. He would arrange to have the horn picked up. > 4. The text of the email was odd, it looked like the potential buyer had > done a sloppy job of cutting/pasting in info from my ad *or* they were > using some sort of computer program to copy/paste things into a form > letter type of email. The grammar was odd and it just looked and read > strange. > 5. He stated that the church was paying for the horn (he was on some sort > of mission - somehow, I don't think this was a heavenly mission). > > I replied to the first email stating that I thought we should use an > escrow service and described how it worked. I received a reply that > basically reiterated the original offer. I have not responded to this. If > he sends another, I think I will send the original post from this thread. > > Just so everyone will be aware, the potential buyer's email address is: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I don't know for certain that this person is a crook, but it seemed > obvious to me that this could be an opportunity for my wallet to be > relieved of more than I wanted to part with. > > BTW, there is an info page on Hornplayer.net that warns sellers about > fraudulent buyers, a nice educational fearture, no doubt made necessary > by dishonest slime taking advantage of good people. > > Good luck in all your business dealings. > David McCurley > Woodstock, GA > Paxman 25 > _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
