Attn. Teachers-potential scam

[seanlava]

Hi everyone

I wanted to bring this to the attention of those of you who teach music for a living. If you post your info on other websites to advertise your teaching business, you might receive emails like this one, which I got THREE TIMES today:

Hello
Good day to you over there, I need a tutor for my son
(Brian), i got your advert while surfring through the internet and i
really want my child to be
taught byn you.Brian is 17 year old and easily catch up.Although,i
understand
you are in (usa} but i've arranged with my cousin living there that
my
son is coming to stay with
her for his period of tutoring and she had agreed withme,i reside in
uk . So i will like you to get back to
me the following detail:
1.CHARGE FOR AN HOUR....
2.TOTAL CHARGES FOR 2 MONTH THAT HE WILL BE TAUGHT 3
TIMES PER WEEK..
3.FULL NAME
4.HOME ADDRESS 1
5.YOUR PHONE NUMBER...
6.YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
My mode of payment will be by CHECK.willing to read
from you as
soon as possible
Regards.............
Rev.Frank Andrew

It's probably not harmful to give this info out, but since I've received variations on this message more than a few times from different senders, it must involve some sort of scam. Anyone else have info or experience with this?

[Bushfire]

:/ Never seen a reverend with such bad grammar before...

[seanlava]

for real. I'm pretty sure these e-mails originate outside English speaking countries, based on the spelling and syntax.

[PawnJunkie]

I've seen this on ebay in different scnarios, but they always ask you for full name, address, phone number. Always saying they are out of town and have people in america. Maybe I'm being a little paranoid, but it looks to familiar with the othe ones I've seen. Also emails I've recieved.

[J_C_L]

I suspect that if you respond, you will get an offer for a check that just happens to be too large and you will need to send back the difference.

I vote that this is a scam.

[mkettner]

I vote, scam them back. That does seem pretty bogus. I also get those on a daily basis, but they usually want free lessons in exchange for an honorable mention when they are famous.

[agreatheight]

I have gotten that email through one of the teaching referral sites I am listed on. Scam for sure, into the trash!

[Rattman]

Oppppss!

I see a pattern there I've seen plenty of times before in my own and other people's emails. The syntax, spelling, grammer and over 'feel' of that message spells "data mining" to me.

Ignore anything that wants your personal info like that, but my guess is that you instinctively knew that anyway.

Desperate scam artists..