FinishMySong Blog

I did write about the 419 Scam in this blog a few months ago - the old one where unscrupulous people try to coax personal information out of unsuspecting internet dwellers that they then use for fraudulent purposes. Self-employed people like myself are particularly susceptible to these kinds of things because trying to maintain a decent income through activities such as giving music lessons is pretty tough: you need to accept any work that presents itself.

However, the scammers don't stop trying to rip you off and recently another warning has been released about this problem by the good people of musiclessonsonline.co.uk:

Lately we have had a couple of people who appear to be scammers sending out emails to our members. One person yesterday sent out the same 'scam like' email to 25 music teachers.

Whilst we do protect our members by requesting a human email verification and never exposing your email address the emails yesterday were sent manually.

Basically, what the scammer will do is ask to pay you in advance by say cheque or Western Union. They'll overpay you and then request you transfer the overpayment back immediately. Your repayment goes through OK but their payment to you 'bounces'.

You can make yourself aware of how this works by reading our overview at www.musiclessonsonline.co.uk/MusicLessonScam.html

For details on other scams see our sister site www.safefromscams.co.uk

It's hard to believe that anyone would have such a lack of common decency that they would be willing to rip people off in this way. The sad truth, however, is that there are plenty of such individuals so be aware and if you need any more info perhaps visit the sites quoted above.