MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) — If your church needs a new piano and is shopping around online, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) has a warning about scammers.
The bureau has gotten a half dozen communications from churches about sketchy offers of “free pianos.”
According to a BBB spokesperson, the Wisconsin churches get a message — unsolicited — from someone claiming to have a piano that they want to donate, and they ask the churches to apply if they’re interested. The BBB believes these are “advance pay” scams, where they ask for pre-payment for something that’s promised but never materializes…