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| From | Brian Curtis <brioohs@sbcglobal.net> |
| Subject | Re: Price benz |
| Date | Mon, 23 May 2005 09:10:56 -0500 |
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Here's the message that CD Baby sent out in regard to folks such as "Price
benz":
> Beware of emails that come through your CD Baby page, and sound
> something like this:
>
> "I am a retailer located in London, i will love to Order for 80
> copies of your Cds,please Kindly get back to me with the total cost
> excluding shippment,Cause i have my shipper intact,Please get back to
> me as soon as possible..I await your Urgent response."
> or
> "... highly interested in buying 60 COPIES OF YOUR CD, ... i will
> like this transaction to be fast due to the urgency involved in the
> need of it, concerning payment,money order or certified cashier
> cheque will be issue to you as my client in USA will be paying you"
>
> I've had an alarming number of people forward me these, so whoever is
> doing it is visiting hundreds of CD Baby pages and trying to trick
> anyone they can.
>
> More info, here: http://cdbaby.org/stories/05/03/04/2807264.html
>
> Ordinarily I wouldn't clutter your email box with something that
> probably won't affect you, but I figured it'd be worth it if I could
> prevent even one person from being fooled by this.
>
> --
> Derek Sivers, CD Baby, Hostbaby
> http://www.cdbaby.org <-- opportunities here, always
> http://www.hostbaby.com <-- web hosting for musicians
So - yes, everybody's correct - it's very much a scam.
Brioohs
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