Pianotech

  • 1.  Probable scam

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 21 days ago

    I received a new, to me, email that looks to be another scam. I've done work for relocation companies before and their initial contacts were usually by phone or a more formal email than this one which has 2 typos.

    "Virginia's email address is virginia.mcdonald@gblmanagement.com  Apparently there is no gblmanagement.com



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    Steven Rosenthal RPT
    Honolulu HI
    (808) 521-7129
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  • 2.  RE: Probable scam

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 21 days ago

    Thanks for the "heads up"! It's a shame we live in a world where there's so many dishonest people. Ee shouldn't have to spend so much time protecting ourselves from this stuff.



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    Eugene Taets RPT
    Silvis IL
    (309) 796-2888
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  • 3.  RE: Probable scam

    Member
    Posted 18 days ago

    Beware of calls to your phones that are telemarketing  in nature . They are trying to get a short recording of your voice which then can be used to impersonate you because AI can be used to take your sample and duplicate your voice to get into voice response systems to steal sensitive information. Kim Kommando had a long segment about the problem on her talk radio show yesterday .. Many piano owners will call you that have cell numbers from all over the US so its hard to know what call to answer, A new feature on my cell phone after a recent IOS update screen screens calls



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    James Kelly
    Owner- Fur Elise Piano Service
    Pawleys Island SC
    (843) 325-4357
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  • 4.  RE: Probable scam

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 17 days ago

    As a general safety rule avoid clicking on links:  go directly to the website in question.



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    Parker Leigh RPT
    Winchester VA
    (540) 722-3865
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  • 5.  RE: Probable scam

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 17 days ago

    Unfortunately simply opening an email can trigger installation of malware on your computer. I will not open anything that I do not know FOR SURE is legit. I send it straight to spam and block the sender. Even if it has a friend or client name on it, if there is anything that appears suspicious (e.g., "so&so...sent photos", when so&so never sends me photos without asking, even though I know their name), I first call the person on the phone to find out if they sent me something, and when they say no, I know its spam and inform them that their contact list has been hacked.  100% of the times this has occurred it is malicious. 

    I don't care if I lose business by making an inadvertent error this way. If they really want me they'll find another way to contact me. This has also proven true. 

    Be careful...you are being tracked in many ways you have no knowledge of (for obvious reasons).  Duckduckgo has an app tracker blocker that will block trackers and literally show you the type ofbinfo they're trying to gather. I was very surprised to learn how extensive this problem is. And what's more is that the website and app developers GIVE PERMISSION to these companies to do this...why? One simple reason...money. 

    Peter Grey Piano Doctor 



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    Peter Grey
    Stratham NH
    (603) 686-2395
    pianodoctor57@gmail.com
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  • 6.  RE: Probable scam

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 17 days ago

    Be careful:  any link even not from email can activate malware.  AI makes the problem worse and miscreants can use advertising apis to inject

    malware into your system.  My Norton 360 just blocked one two days ago.  Although Macs are much better, they too need protection.



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    Parker Leigh RPT
    Winchester VA
    (540) 722-3865
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  • 7.  RE: Probable scam

    Posted 17 days ago
    The key factor here is "in your area". The sender doesn't know where on earth you are but you think you do. If it's not specific, it's fake

    Best wishes

    David P