Once again, I spoke to a band member, who had fallen victim to an Internet mastering scam. This scam involves uploading the music to be mastered to studios that advertise “discount” or “low budget” mastering services. Payments for mastering services are often made in advance, and it is not unusual for deposits to be requested for mastering services, so I am not suggesting that this was a red flag, but unfortunately the victims never hear from the studios again. After several email attempts by the victims, they do not receive any response at all, and many of these facilities do not have a phone number to contact them.