The same thing just happened to me! Same name, same story, etc. I am a tutor as well and have an ad on craigslist! we tutors have to be careful these days!
I am a private lesson instructor for piano & voice. I set an ad up on craigslist, and have (even though I spell out half my phone number as anti-spam warnings suggest) been getting the occasional spam text worded just like the spam emails. Something about visiting for a month, and wanting the total calculation of 3 days, 1 hour each day, and how old the son/daughter/nephew/etc. is. Got a text from thus number today. No reply after informing I'm not stupid & am reporting the number for spam. Next time may tell them the cost equals a new Mercedes... Might just con the con-man....
I received similar text message as the piano instructor above. Same wording as e-mails that I received after posting my lesson ads on Craigslist last year. It asks to calculate monthly rate for three lessons per week for their daughter. They claim to be a doctor, usually with some silly name like Peter John, or John Peter (apologies to real Peter John). I just don't get it, what exactly do they gain from my replies, either via mobile or e-mail?
I just got the same message and asked to talk to the person on the phone. I am a math tutor posted on craigslist. same information same name and everything. I just told them to bring check to fist session. :) LOL no response. Thanks for the information. This day and age never know need to be careful.
I got the same txt message in response to a tutoring ad on craigslist. I asked him twice to tell me what county he was in, so that I might figure up costs. He never did. I too asked Jon Peter to call me, he said his phone could only txt. He then demanded I txt him my costs "right now" so that we could get started. Of course, I didn't respond.
Randi, that's funny about the Mercedes. My boyfriend said to tell him if I have to fly to California for each session it's going to cost an awful lot! LOL
I also am an instructor. I was text and he wanted to know what my total cost was for lessons. He had a 14 year old daughter in mass. that he wanted lessons for but she would have to travel to fl. to have lessons. He would send an extra one thousand dollars through paypal ( which i asked for . He originally wanted my address , phone etc . he wanted me to send her that money via western union . I dont know who would send their 14 year old daughter to a different state for a month to hang out with a person they do not know ! But the same thing 1 hour a day , 3 days a week for a month.