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The original was posted on /r/scams by /u/BenGrahamButler on 2025-07-11 19:24:14+00:00.

We just bought a house, she posted pics on FB… She gets a message from a friend (she has hundreds as a realtor so doesn’t know all her “friends”) that was giving away a baby grand piano because her dad died and she saw my wife’s posts about pianos (true!) and wanted the piano to go to someone that loved it as much as she does. Sounded totally legit as my wife has several very well off realtor contacts in her company.

She was texting and I did ask a couple questions like “who is this woman giving you a piano, another realtor?” and “wow that’s worth at least $7k”. My wife was so excited about getting the piano and this was a stressful week, having bought a house and all…

Long story short there was something weird in the email that tipped her off and she had to call the bank and cancel the wire she had already sent, and was able to do so successfully. Wow.

As scams go this was a pretty decent one I thought. My wife is very intelligent, just a very busy person with a ton going on today. I’m not surprised it almost worked for the scammer.