6 Jan
2010
6 Jan
'10
2:22 p.m.
Hi Callers,
Are any of the rest of you getting this SPAM message? I know it's SPAM
because I've received several of them with almost the same wording though
different stories. Are dance teachers considered an easy mark for Spammers?
Lisa
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Owen Goldman <owengoldman(a)ymail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Inquiry
To:
Greetings,
I found your info while i was searching for a professional dance
teacher/studio.how ever, i want to believe you are a dance
teacher/instructor that LOVES teaching dance, reliable with a good teaching
experience. I would like to book for 2 weeks dance classes for 3 hours each
day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking for
3 hours per day for 2 weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 3 hrs.
We want to entertain the guests as well as family members that would be
attending the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. The dancers are all in
INTERMEDIATE level.
We need dance classes/Group lessons like Tango,swing,tap,Latin as well as
Salsa.ANY of the above can serve.
DATE: 1st MARCH TO 15th MARCH 2010
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I
would love you to get back to me with the Grand total cost or a
quote/estimate. What are your charges and payment options? Do you accept
credit cards?
I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality
classes and make us happy.
Best Regards,
Owen
6 Jan
6 Jan
2:32 p.m.
Yup,
I got one (so far) too.
Rickey Holt
-----Original Message-----
From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net
[mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Lisa Sieverts
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:23 PM
To: Caller's discussion list
Subject: [Callers] Fwd: Inquiry = SPAM
Hi Callers,
Are any of the rest of you getting this SPAM message? I know it's SPAM
because I've received several of them with almost the same wording though
different stories. Are dance teachers considered an easy mark for Spammers?
Lisa
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Owen Goldman <owengoldman(a)ymail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Inquiry
To:
Greetings,
I found your info while i was searching for a professional dance
teacher/studio.how ever, i want to believe you are a dance
teacher/instructor that LOVES teaching dance, reliable with a good teaching
experience. I would like to book for 2 weeks dance classes for 3 hours each
day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking for
3 hours per day for 2 weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 3 hrs.
We want to entertain the guests as well as family members that would be
attending the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. The dancers are all in
INTERMEDIATE level.
We need dance classes/Group lessons like Tango,swing,tap,Latin as well as
Salsa.ANY of the above can serve.
DATE: 1st MARCH TO 15th MARCH 2010
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I
would love you to get back to me with the Grand total cost or a
quote/estimate. What are your charges and payment options? Do you accept
credit cards?
I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality
classes and make us happy.
Best Regards,
Owen
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3:13 p.m.
I have not seen this particular message, but I have received odd inquiries
in the past that appeared to me to be spam. (people seeking very strange
arrangements to teach dance to their children, and the like).
-cynthia
-----Original Message-----
From: callers-bounces(a)sharedweight.net
[mailto:callers-bounces@sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Lisa Sieverts
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:23 PM
To: Caller's discussion list
Subject: [Callers] Fwd: Inquiry = SPAM
Hi Callers,
Are any of the rest of you getting this SPAM message? I know it's SPAM
because I've received several of them with almost the same wording though
different stories. Are dance teachers considered an easy mark for Spammers?
Lisa
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Owen Goldman <owengoldman(a)ymail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Inquiry
To:
Greetings,
I found your info while i was searching for a professional dance
teacher/studio.how ever, i want to believe you are a dance
teacher/instructor that LOVES teaching dance, reliable with a good teaching
experience. I would like to book for 2 weeks dance classes for 3 hours each
day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking for
3 hours per day for 2 weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 3 hrs.
We want to entertain the guests as well as family members that would be
attending the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. The dancers are all in
INTERMEDIATE level.
We need dance classes/Group lessons like Tango,swing,tap,Latin as well as
Salsa.ANY of the above can serve.
DATE: 1st MARCH TO 15th MARCH 2010
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I
would love you to get back to me with the Grand total cost or a
quote/estimate. What are your charges and payment options? Do you accept
credit cards?
I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality
classes and make us happy.
Best Regards,
Owen
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4:44 p.m.
Yep - I've received the same one here in Australia. Strange.
The piano - 88 little mistakes waiting to happen; Peter Barnes
----- Original Message ----
From: Lisa Sieverts <lisa(a)lisasieverts.com>
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Sent: Thu, 7 January, 2010 7:22:55 AM
Subject: [Callers] Fwd: Inquiry = SPAM
Hi Callers,
Are any of the rest of you getting this SPAM message? I know it's SPAM
because I've received several of them with almost the same wording though
different stories. Are dance teachers considered an easy mark for Spammers?
Lisa
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Owen Goldman <owengoldman(a)ymail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Inquiry
To:
Greetings,
I found your info while i was searching for a professional dance
teacher/studio.how ever, i want to believe you are a dance
teacher/instructor that LOVES teaching dance, reliable with a good teaching
experience. I would like to book for 2 weeks dance classes for 3 hours each
day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking for
3 hours per day for 2 weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 3 hrs.
We want to entertain the guests as well as family members that would be
attending the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. The dancers are all in
INTERMEDIATE level.
We need dance classes/Group lessons like Tango,swing,tap,Latin as well as
Salsa.ANY of the above can serve.
DATE: 1st MARCH TO 15th MARCH 2010
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I
would love you to get back to me with the Grand total cost or a
quote/estimate. What are your charges and payment options? Do you accept
credit cards?
I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality
classes and make us happy.
Best Regards,
Owen
_______________________________________________
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6:06 p.m.
Yes, we got one and forwarded them on to a ballroom dance business here in
town.
oops...
M
E
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Lisa Sieverts <lisa(a)lisasieverts.com> wrote:
Hi Callers,
Are any of the rest of you getting this SPAM message? I know it's SPAM
because I've received several of them with almost the same wording though
different stories. Are dance teachers considered an easy mark for Spammers?
Lisa
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Owen Goldman <owengoldman(a)ymail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Inquiry
To:
Greetings,
I found your info while i was searching for a professional dance
teacher/studio.how ever, i want to believe you are a dance
teacher/instructor that LOVES teaching dance, reliable with a good teaching
experience. I would like to book for 2 weeks dance classes for 3 hours each
day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking for
3 hours per day for 2 weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 3 hrs.
We want to entertain the guests as well as family members that would be
attending the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. The dancers are all
in
INTERMEDIATE level.
We need dance classes/Group lessons like Tango,swing,tap,Latin as well as
Salsa.ANY of the above can serve.
DATE: 1st MARCH TO 15th MARCH 2010
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I
would love you to get back to me with the Grand total cost or a
quote/estimate. What are your charges and payment options? Do you accept
credit cards?
I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality
classes and make us happy.
Best Regards,
Owen
_______________________________________________
Callers mailing list
Callers(a)sharedweight.net
http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
--
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
6:22 p.m.
I too have received a bunch over the past couple years. I have an
email address that has been around for a long enough time to be sent
to many spammers: Ecdchicago(a)yahoo.com.
Tom Senior
Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Martha Edwards <meedwards(a)westendweb.com> wrote:
Yes, we got one and forwarded them on to a ballroom
dance business here in
town.
oops...
M
E
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Lisa Sieverts <lisa(a)lisasieverts.com> wrote:
--
Tom Senior
Dance while you can.
Hi Callers,
Are any of the rest of you getting this SPAM message? I know it's SPAM
because I've received several of them with almost the same wording though
different stories. Are dance teachers considered an easy mark for Spammers?
Lisa
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Owen Goldman <owengoldman(a)ymail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Inquiry
To:
Greetings,
I found your info while i was searching for a professional dance
teacher/studio.how ever, i want to believe you are a dance
teacher/instructor that LOVES teaching dance, reliable with a good teaching
experience. I would like to book for 2 weeks dance classes for 3 hours each
day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking for
3 hours per day for 2 weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 3 hrs.
We want to entertain the guests as well as family members that would be
attending the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. The dancers are all
in
INTERMEDIATE level.
We need dance classes/Group lessons like Tango,swing,tap,Latin as well as
Salsa.ANY of the above can serve.
DATE: 1st MARCH TO 15th MARCH 2010
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I
would love you to get back to me with the Grand total cost or a
quote/estimate. What are your charges and payment options? Do you accept
credit cards?
I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality
classes and make us happy.
Best Regards,
Owen
_______________________________________________
Callers mailing list
Callers(a)sharedweight.net
http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
--
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
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7:10 p.m.
What I don't understand is what the spammer hopes to accomplish with this. Anyone
have a take on this? (I get them too, by the way.)
Ron Nelson
Chula Vista, CA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 18:22:42 -0600
From: thomasjsenior(a)gmail.com
To: callers(a)sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Fwd: Inquiry = SPAM
I too have received a bunch over the past couple years. I have an
email address that has been around for a long enough time to be sent
to many spammers: Ecdchicago(a)yahoo.com.
Tom Senior
Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Martha Edwards <meedwards(a)westendweb.com> wrote:
_________________________________________________________________
Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection.
http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390707/direct/01/
Yes, we got one and forwarded them on to a
ballroom dance business here in
town.
oops...
M
E
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Lisa Sieverts <lisa(a)lisasieverts.com> wrote:
--
Tom Senior
Dance while you can.
_______________________________________________
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http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers Hi Callers,
Are any of the rest of you getting this SPAM message? I know it's SPAM
because I've received several of them with almost the same wording though
different stories. Are dance teachers considered an easy mark for Spammers?
Lisa
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Owen Goldman <owengoldman(a)ymail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Inquiry
To:
Greetings,
I found your info while i was searching for a professional dance
teacher/studio.how ever, i want to believe you are a dance
teacher/instructor that LOVES teaching dance, reliable with a good teaching
experience. I would like to book for 2 weeks dance classes for 3 hours each
day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking for
3 hours per day for 2 weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 3 hrs.
We want to entertain the guests as well as family members that would be
attending the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. The dancers are all
in
INTERMEDIATE level.
We need dance classes/Group lessons like Tango,swing,tap,Latin as well as
Salsa.ANY of the above can serve.
DATE: 1st MARCH TO 15th MARCH 2010
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I
would love you to get back to me with the Grand total cost or a
quote/estimate. What are your charges and payment options? Do you accept
credit cards?
I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality
classes and make us happy.
Best Regards,
Owen
_______________________________________________
Callers mailing list
Callers(a)sharedweight.net
http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
--
For the good are always the merry,
Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
_______________________________________________
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7:13 p.m.
Ron Nelson wrote:
What I don't understand is what the spammer hopes
to accomplish with this.
Anyone have a take on this? (I get them too, by the way.)
I get those too. I've assumed that this is a variant on a scam that's common
enough that Craigslist warns you about it.
===========================================
2. distant person offers a genuine-looking (but fake) cashier's check
* you receive an email (examples below) offering to buy your item, or rent
your apartment, sight unseen.
* cashier's check is offered for your sale item, as a deposit for an
apartment, or for just about anything else of value.
* value of cashier's check often far exceeds your item - scammer offers to
"trust" you, and asks you to wire the balance via money transfer service
* banks will often cash these fake checks AND THEN HOLD YOU RESPONSIBLE
WHEN THE CHECK FAILS TO CLEAR, including criminal prosecution in some cases!
* scam often involves a 3rd party (shipping agent, business associate owing
buyer money, etc)
<snip>
4. distant person offers to send you a money order and then have you wire
money:
* this is ALWAYS a scam, in our experience - the cashier's check is FAKE
* sometimes accompanies an offer of merchandise, sometimes not
* scammer often asks for your name, address, etc for printing on the fake
check
* deal often seems too good to be true
===========================================
I presume this is why they have this (fairly implausible) list of stuff -
sometimes the wedding party wants foxtrot, chacha, and belly dance lessons -
in order to get up to a total bill that's large enough for one of these scams
to be semi-plausible.
-- Alan
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7:49 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Ron Nelson <callerman(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
What I don't understand is what the spammer hopes to accomplish with this.
Anyone have a take on this? (I get them too, by the way.)
Ron Nelson
Chula Vista, CA
My take is that it's some sort of "grooming," the way child
molesters
"groom" kids so that they are susceptible. They're pretending to be legit,
and eventually there will be something about "if you pay us $1,000 to
reserve the ballroom, then we'll pay you $5,000 as soon as you get here."
And when you give them money, they disappear. It's a variation on the
Nigerians.
Lisa
10:17 p.m.
That's the first time I've seen such a message, but it certainly sounds like
spam. I'm surprised he hasn't asked you for a bank account number and
password that he could deposit money into. -Lewis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lisa Sieverts" <lisa(a)lisasieverts.com>
To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 1:22 PM
Subject: [Callers] Fwd: Inquiry = SPAM
Hi Callers,
Are any of the rest of you getting this SPAM message? I know it's SPAM
because I've received several of them with almost the same wording though
different stories. Are dance teachers considered an easy mark for
Spammers?
Lisa
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Owen Goldman <owengoldman(a)ymail.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Subject: Inquiry
To:
Greetings,
I found your info while i was searching for a professional dance
teacher/studio.how ever, i want to believe you are a dance
teacher/instructor that LOVES teaching dance, reliable with a good
teaching
experience. I would like to book for 2 weeks dance classes for 3 hours
each
day Monday to Saturday (morning hours) for a group of 10. We are asking
for
3 hours per day for 2 weeks - Monday - Saturday. A total of 3 hrs.
We want to entertain the guests as well as family members that would be
attending the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. The dancers are all
in
INTERMEDIATE level.
We need dance classes/Group lessons like Tango,swing,tap,Latin as well as
Salsa.ANY of the above can serve.
DATE: 1st MARCH TO 15th MARCH 2010
The group would be performing for a group of family members over there. I
would love you to get back to me with the Grand total cost or a
quote/estimate. What are your charges and payment options? Do you accept
credit cards?
I would be grateful if you will be willing to do the work to teach quality
classes and make us happy.
Best Regards,
Owen
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