I get these all the time - they are a scam so I never reply. They want to book time in my studio and want to know "how much" then they will send me a money order for the amount to seal the deal. I have a couple of problems with this. One how did they hear about us? Two why would someone from Africa want to travel with their band all the way to Ohio to do some recording/mastering when their have to be really good studios much closer and much cheaper for them to visit. Three in your case want you to transfer money. Why would they trust you without knowing you?

I went to look at this site http://www.britisharts.co.uk/artistsbeware.htm and I assume that they are the same type of crooks that are working on the scam with you. You might also want to go to this page http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm and see what else is being done with emails to perfect strangers.

I think you are about to be scammed or worse lose some serious money. I would stop where you are and have nothing more to do with this proposal. MTCW

-TOM-

email scam

Tom, thanks for the reply, I am waiting to see if thhis guy actually sends the money orders. I have no intention on cashing them but would like to help officials track him down if possible, if they do arrive they are going to the post office personel. In fact I mentioned it to the postal employee at the counetr yesterday and she said its getting extremely common. One guy came in with 10,000 of money orders to cash. BY viewing his emails in RAW form you can see ithe ip addresses of where they come from. His is in the the UK, London. not that this helps at all, but it kind of a challenge to see if I can help stop this person. My interest in posting this was to make other studios aware of the problem.

Chuckdog - You can go ahead and play them out if you want to, but be careful. It's the standard "Nigerian Scam" (at least that's what the FBI refers to it as). They will (sometimes) even go so far as to send a counterfit bank draft or money order to you in hopes that you will payout some cash before it bounces.

I played them for a couple of months last year on an RV I had up for sale. They even offered to send a "broker" by to bring the money order and pick up the RV. I had the Fuzz on standby to pick him up, but they finally just stopped communicating.

Joe Crawford
Stony Mountain Studio
Shanks, WV 26761

usps money order scam

Joe, I received $4900.00 in money orders and brought them to the post office supervisor, they we're fake, he took them and said he would be in touch, havent heard from the "client" in over a week, he's supposed to be coming in thursday. Sent him an email his morning telling him I didnt receive any money yet so I was booking another band. we'll see how he responds, probably wont. Thanks for your reply

Chuckdog - If he actually sent good money then he's either for real, or it's a funny way to get a few thousand into the UK (money laundering, some kind of export restrictions, etc.). Good Luck...

Joe

This is pretty much the exact scam that managed to lose my naive friend $4700 and a digital camera he had for sale.

Watch out for graduates of this school, heh heh:
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scam

heres the latest email:

Abraham, have not received deposit or heard from
you. please respond as
I am going to book this weekend with another band if
I dont hear from
you. asap
Chuck Ladouceur
Red Dog Studio
A Full Service Production Facility
http://www.reddogstudio.com

Hello
I am so sorry for not getting back to you on time, i
will prefer to work 15th to 19th of june, right now i
am having some musical concerts which i will be making
money from it.
I am so sorry we have to shift the recording to 15th
to 19th of june but i will make the deposit of
$1,000.
Let me know as soon as you receive the money order
worth of $5000, so you can have the deposit of of the
funds after it clears your bank.
I look forward for to hearing from you as soon as
possible.
Best Regards

Chuckdog - Sorry, but the first time I read you previous post I thought you said they were NOT fake.... got that corrected now.... Did the postal supervisor say what his next step was, I'm curious if they really care? The FBI actually has a group assigned specifically to this type of thing (internet fraud). You might even give them a call at the local office if you get time. If the perp has any way of tracking whether you received the money orders you can probably expect them to drop off pretty quick now. By the way, the guy that tried this on my RV ad was named Famsey Brooks and was supposidly located in London.

Joe

Dude, seriously. Don't hold any date for this guy. Don't even bother communicating with him unless you are just having fun with him. It will not pan out. Although it is awesome to have an ATM receipt for -$4,000.00 as a souvenier after your bank decides to take away the $5,000.00 balance you saw in your account a couple days ago....
Hilarious

Funny thing about the Usps money orders I received, they were from A guy in Ohio.....I have the name and address he put on the money orders! Still haven't heard from the post office people that were supposed to get back to me.