Is this a scam?

  • Avrii Monrielle
    18 years ago

    Well, I got this in my email for my song/poem "So In Love..." and I'm not sure if it's true. I'll try out the number anyway, though... see, it went like this in my email:

    Hi my name is stephenie and i just wanted to say that i love yor song it\'s amaizing and I am a singer and i will love to keep in contact with you because we can talk business
    about making your song so that everyone in this world can hear you out !! I live in New York and i\'m going to show my producer this song and you can be very famous with your creativity in your poems and music if you can call me reach me at ___ ___ ____ (i made that blank)

    Stephenie

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    Is this a scam? Anyone please tell me? I'm not sure about the "new york" part and stuff...

  • HansRik
    18 years ago

    OK, here is my opinion. It seems very encouraging to have a letter praising your work, does it not? But think twice. Is it too good to be true? Then you should probably ignore it.

    Look at the grammar, for one. It is quite badly written. That is quite a turn-off! Who in their sane mind would try to convince you of your talent by writing a letter that seems to be written by the linguistic conaissance of a five-year old (this latter comment does not apply to Wunderkinds)?

    If I were you, I would sincerely doubt the veracity of the letter. My curious mind would dictate me to call from a public phone (to ensure anonymity and to make it harder to track me back), call and see what they have to say. After this, just laugh at the incident, and ignore it altogether.

    Take all of this into consideration.

  • HansRik
    18 years ago

    I have just read your poem, and though there is some potential there, I really do not see why they would call you for that. I do not mean to say that you have no talent but your poem lacks a lot of originality.

    Sorry for being harsh, but to be honest, no one should be paid for writing material of that quality.

    You are young, and you clearly have many ideas. You should continue to experiment with poetry, and I am sure you can get far.

    The letter you quoted is most probably a scam.

    I am sorry for being so brutal, but I felt it was my duty to tell you what I genuinely thought.

  • Avrii Monrielle
    18 years ago

    ok thnx... (no one has made me consider a public phone except u) an adult @ my school told me i should get my parents to call them.

  • Kaylee
    18 years ago

    I just read it and it was abit repetitive and had some cliche's in there. Just saing what I really thought.
    *hopes poster is not mad*