Another variant of the Internet Scam --

[alfreda89]

Flying out the door, but wanted to tell all to pass along that the Internet scammers who have been gouging yoga instructors and massage therapists, among others ( www.texasmassagetherapists.com) are after musicians, too. They got these guys:

Brobdingnagian Bards

http://www.marcgunn.com/2007/10/warning-to-musicians-internet-wedding.shtml

Spread the word and cut down on their victims. Remember -- if you don't know them, it might be a scam. And if you bite -- DO NOT SEND BACK MONEY, just sit on it. The check has to clear to be real.

Comments

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

it amazes me that these sort of scam checks clear, when a friend of mine deposited a check from the VA and the bank sat on the money for 2 weeks before they credited it to his account.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

They usually don't clear -- once in a blue moon, I think a small check (Under $500) may clear. But those scams are bait scams, the infamous "Nigerian" scams. The first letter is just warming up.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

I should have clarified it by saying the bank didnt show the deposit until the VA check cleared.

[alfreda89.livejournal.com]

Yes, although the bank usually warns you that you can't withdraw. (Although they didn't when I got paid by a publisher, and we're talking a bouncing ball of problems. I almost closed the account over that -- if they can't treat known sources (like my agent) as okay, then I will use my UBS account or something.)