"Need tutor" scam on newsgroup?
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- Subject: [mg123627] "Need tutor" scam on newsgroup?
- From: Chris Young <cy56 at comcast.net>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:43:47 -0500 (EST)
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Just after posting something in reply to > From: é?? å?? <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 â??nannyâ?? is part of the picture. > The arrangement involves an advance payment of several thousand dollars > by the â??parent,â?? with the request that the tutor take a portion of it > and wire the rest to the nanny. > If you havenâ??t heard of advance fee scams, thatâ??s what this is. The > check you would deposit is phony, but the difference in the amount that > youâ??re supposed to send the nanny is coming from your bank account. > Thatâ??s real money. So youâ??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: >>>> â?¢ The email comes from someone who does not live nearby and often >>>> claims to live in Europe. >>>> â?¢ The person typically uses a common English-sounding name. >>>> â?¢ The grammar, spelling, and punctuation of the email are usually >>>> poor, as from a non-English speaker. >>>> â?¢ 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. >>>> â?¢ Youâ??ll be paid in advance by cashierâ??s check for the entire tutoring >>>> time. But youâ??ll be paid more than the agreed-upon feeâ??as much as >>>> $4,000 moreâ??for any number of reasons. >>>> â?¢ 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 clientâ??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?
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