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Re: "Need tutor" scam on newsgroup?

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• Subject: [mg123641] Re: "Need tutor" scam on newsgroup?
• From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
• Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 06:00:24 -0500 (EST)
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If you're ever tempted to send a good check in return for a check that may  
be bad... don't.

Bobby

On Tue, 13 Dec 2011 04:43:47 -0600, Chris Young <cy56 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Just after posting something in reply to
>
>> 	From:	é�â?? 厚 <shlwell1988 at gmail.com>
>> 	Newsgroups:	comp.soft-sys.math.mathematica
>> 	Subject:	Complex diagram
>> 	Date:	Wed, 7 Dec 2011 11:22:32 +0000 (UTC)
>>
>> Can we draw complex funtions's diagram in Mathematica?
>>
>> For example, draw the picture of z=2*x+I*3*y
>
> I got a request for a tutor that relied on the old
> I-send-you-check-with-extra-and-you-send-difference scam. This relies
> on criminally corrupt banking laws that say that a bank has no
> responsibility to verify the validity of a check and can take the money
> back if the check bounces, no matter after how long a period. You think
> the check was OK when you get it cashed, you send the guy the "extra"
> $400, the check bounces, the bank takes all the money out of your
> account, and you're out at least $400.
>
> Here's what I got. All the exclamation marks, and the phony lingo made
> me check out tutoring scams on Google, but not before I'd sent out more
> personal info than I should have.
>
> http://www.silverplanet.com/scams/internet-safety/tutors-beware-clients-arent-always-who-they-seem/55351
>
>
>> The scam we kept reading about was where someone places an ad about a
>> child who will be visiting the United States and needs some tutoring.
>> The education need varies, and often a ââ?¬Å?nannyââ?¬ï¿½ is part of the  
>> picture.
>> The arrangement involves an advance payment of several thousand dollars
>> by the ââ?¬Å?parent,ââ?¬ï¿½ with the request that the tutor take a portion of  
>> it
>> and wire the rest to the nanny.
>> If you haven�t heard of advance fee scams, that�s what this is. The
>> check you would deposit is phony, but the difference in the amount that
>> you�re supposed to send the nanny is coming from your bank account.
>> That�s real money. So you�re about to be out a big chunk of change.
>> The Berkeley Parents Network, a parent-to-parent email network in the
>> San Francisco Bay area, put up a warning that this scam was targeting
>> tutors who posted to its site and other sites, including Craigslist. It
>> noted the following:
>>>>> 	�	The email comes from someone who does not live nearby and often
>>>>> claims to live in Europe.
>>>>> 	�	The person typically uses a common English-sounding name.
>>>>> 	�	The grammar, spelling, and punctuation of the email are usually
>>>>> poor, as from a non-English speaker.
>>>>> 	�	The person claims to have a son, daughter, niece, or nephew who  
>>>>> will
>>>>> be in your area and needs to be tutored, usually for a short time.
>>>>> 	�	You�ll be paid in advance by cashier�s check for the entire  
>>>>> tutoring
>>>>> time. But youââ?¬â?¢ll be paid more than the agreed-upon feeââ?¬â??as much as
>>>>> $4,000 moreââ?¬â??for any number of reasons.
>>>>> 	�	There may be several rounds of emails between you and the  
>>>>> scammer,
>>>>> and you may even speak with that person on the phone.
>> In another case, a tutor was told he would be flown to the client�s
>> country of residence for a full-time contract, but first he had to pay
>> for airfare and other items to be shipped to him.
>
>
> Watch out for these vermin. I think they pose as "newbies" and if
> anyone sounds overly helpful or trusting, they figure he's a pigeon.
> Excuse me, "shlwell1988 at gmail.com" if you're a legitimate poster, but
> the whole thing started right after my reply to you.
>
> Chris Young
>
>
>>>>>>>>> 	From: 	Lee Xian <leexian44 at yahoo.com>
>>>>>>>>>> 	Subject: 	Details needed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>>>>>> 	Date: 	December 8, 2011 11:56:10 AM EST
>>>>>>>>> 	To: 	Christopher Young <cy56 at comcast.net>
>
>> Thanks for the mail and the information provided,Am sorry for the
>> delay. Well am very happy that i see you as my son's tutor,about your
>> years of Experience there is not problem about the lessons,my caregiver
>> lives very close to Cambridge, MA, so that is no problem for the lesson
>> OK my caregiver will be bringing him to your location for the lessons
>> and you can teach him at your place or meet at a public place, a
>> library or coffee shop around you if that is OK by you so i will like
>> you to teach him the best of you when he get to the state for the
>> lessons.I will like you to email me with your schedule for the
>> lessons,am ok with total cost for 1 month lesson which is $600 I will
>> like you to email me with the name on the check and Full mailing
>> address where the check will be mailed to and including your Home and
>> Cell phone number not p.o box please because my attorney that want to
>> issue out the check is leaving the country tomorrow okay and also Owen
>> is a beginner and his fluent in English speaking.Awaiting your response
>> asap.
>> Also the lessons will commence by December 13th 2011 is this okay by  
>> you?


-- 
DrMajorBob at yahoo.com

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    • From: Chris Young <cy56@comcast.net>