Philly Moving LLC

Victim Location 25425

Type of a scam Online Purchase

I see this scam has 8 prior entries, so there are probably many many more. I responded to a Craigslist ad in the Chesapeake area of Maryland offering a piano, no mention of price, so neither free nor with cost included. The scammers responded with a story from a "Dr. Taylor" (common to this scam…doctors, professors, etc.)…who explained the piano belonged to his wife and she passed away and now he’s moving to a smaller place and doesn’t have room for the piano. After this email the next one said the piano was already with the movers and he could tell them to "divert" the piano to my location if I made a separate arrangement with the moving company. He gave me a phone number – 424-279-6643, and a name, "Phillip". This phone number is for a landline in the Los Angeles area. No answer, but I got a text message back saying they were "on their way to Dr. Taylor’s now," and then asked me to text them my address so they could provide an estimate to deliver the piano. As the scam-meter was going up the whole time, I asked them to call me. They didn’t. I asked what the company name was, and they did respond with a company you can google (Philly Moving LLC), and which has 3 yelp reviews, but does not have a matching address. The physical address is in the Chinatown area of Philadelphia, and the website address of the company when you google it is www.chinesephiladelphiamoving.com. Be wary.