Is this a scam ?

[KARL]

A friend of mine tells me that an Austrian colleague of his became the owner of a collection of CDs formerly belonging to a deceased close relative. He decided to sell most of them on eBay and then received an e-mail (I believe) from persons claiming to be legal representatives of the Three Tenors (some of the CDs were recordings by them). These people threatened to sue the seller for illegally offering the CDs and the upshot was that he settled (i.e. paid some sum) and the CDs were destroyed (I am unclear whether he handed them over). According to the story, the seller was satisfied he was breaking some law and gave in. This seems extremely odd to me as the CDs were second hand but completely standard issue (not fakes/copies). To the best of my knowledge, a genuine, published CD is legally the same as a shoe, spare part, piece of furniture, etc. and can be bought and sold without any hindrance. Has anyone any comment to offer ?

[mrs_overall]

This has to be a scam. Is your colleagues middle name "Gullible" by any chance?

I must dash - I have to send all my bank details to a lovely man in Nigeria who is going to send me �1million.

[Postdog]

There are only two tenors now anyway.....

Never heard of this as a scam but it sounds dodgy.

[puss_boots]

I've sold loads of CDs on ebay and never had any problem.

[Mamjet]

what an absolute idiot your friend is. Nice scam though.