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Police across America are issuing warnings about a new major ‘nationwide emergency’.
Police across America are issuing warnings about a new primary "nationwide emergency"... involving violins, Classicfm reports.
Over the last two years, reports of scammers pretending to play the violin, posing as buskers on the street, have swept across the USA.
These miming musicians will move the bow of a violin along to a pre-recorded track, which is usually stolen from another creator.
Instead of simply leaving cases out, so passersby can leave money – as most buskers do – these con artists will usually have someone with them either collecting money, or playing against a sign pleading for money to help with rent, and bills, or other financial issues. Some falsely claim to be sick or raising money for a poorly relative.
Real violinists have filmed themselves confronting these pretend performers, and a few of these videos have gone viral on the Internet and been shared by numerous news organizations up and down America.
Over the last two years, reports of scammers pretending to play the violin, posing as buskers on the street, have swept across the USA.
These miming musicians will move the bow of a violin along to a pre-recorded track, which is usually stolen from another creator.
Instead of simply leaving cases out, so passersby can leave money – as most buskers do – these con artists will usually have someone with them either collecting money, or playing against a sign pleading for money to help with rent, and bills, or other financial issues. Some falsely claim to be sick or raising money for a poorly relative.
Real violinists have filmed themselves confronting these pretend performers, and a few of these videos have gone viral on the Internet and been shared by numerous news organizations up and down America.
