Description

A Craigslist post advertising a free Baldwin baby grand piano turned out to be a scam. The initial contact, “Mary Dukert” ([email protected] ), claimed she was downsizing after her husband’s death and directed the inquirer to “Nicole Barnes” at a fake moving company, MoveBrokerPro ([email protected] , 929-463-0854, movebrokerpro.com). The website lacked legitimacy, and Barnes pushed for personal details to create a delivery invoice. Domain records show movebrokerpro.com was registered on June 10, 2025, to Richard Poe of Youngstown, OH, using the email [email protected] —an address previously reported in other piano scams (StopScamFraud case #30610). This scheme follows a common pattern: offering a “free” piano, then pressuring victims into paying fraudulent moving fees.