Sunday, February 03, 2008
Artwork Needed (by a Scam Artist)
Artists must be getting smarter online and not falling for the email art scams like they used to, because I get very few scam emails from them anymore. The scammers also seem to be getting lazier as they don't even bother with little details like the WEBSITE of the artist!! Previous art scam emails even had the titles of the paintings that they wished to buy.
Would you buy an artwork from an artist that you know nothing about and don't even know what their website address is?
Here's a recent email..
Subject: artwork needed...............
From: johnson_mark_arts01@yahoo.com
Email: Hello
my name is JOHNSON MARK i will like to purchase some of your artwork for my parent wedding anniversry that is coming up very soon. i will like to inform you that i will be making payment through cashier check if this is accepted by you please kindly get back to me with your website address so as for me to choose the item needed by me.
Thanks
Johnson mark
I know I have mentioned email artist scams a few times before, but artists that are new to the internet still fall victim to these people. Emails and comments on the older posts compel me to keep mentioning the art scams as they do help artists.
Here's some older posts: Art Scam Avoided, Scam Artists, Art Scam Emails, and Art Scammers.
>> Art Scam News ¶ 3:01 AM
Would you buy an artwork from an artist that you know nothing about and don't even know what their website address is?
Here's a recent email..
Subject: artwork needed...............
From: johnson_mark_arts01@yahoo.com
Email: Hello
my name is JOHNSON MARK i will like to purchase some of your artwork for my parent wedding anniversry that is coming up very soon. i will like to inform you that i will be making payment through cashier check if this is accepted by you please kindly get back to me with your website address so as for me to choose the item needed by me.
Thanks
Johnson mark
I know I have mentioned email artist scams a few times before, but artists that are new to the internet still fall victim to these people. Emails and comments on the older posts compel me to keep mentioning the art scams as they do help artists.
Here's some older posts: Art Scam Avoided, Scam Artists, Art Scam Emails, and Art Scammers.
>> Art Scam News ¶ 3:01 AM
Yeah this scam is as old as dirt. Back in the 80s I was selling tee shirts through ads in Rolling Stone and other magazines. I got an order from Africa, with check enclosed for 100 Tees. I was smart enough to wait for the check to clear, it never did was written on a closed account, before I even printed the shirts. With email I have been offer fortunes if I could just help get the money to the USA, via my bank. I always wondered if you set up a bank account just for scams, and they made their initial deposit as they some times do to get you hooked for the big bucks, and watched it for their activity, if you could scam the scammers. On the other hand all of these scams has watered down sales via the internet because who you going to trust.
# posted by 
: 4:57 PM
: 4:57 PM
I've gotten emails like this forever. I even got one on ebay one time. I still get them, but they aren't about art, usually say that a relative I didn't know I had died and some bank has been searching for their relatives to give you millions of dollars and just so happens that that relative is me. and the one about the lottery in some foreign country or email address lotto, it's all a scam. The only one I fell for was in regular mail, I even called the number on it, and someone answered, although it wasn't the bank, lol, I waited for the shopping job check to go through ok, it didn't, and the bank I had at the time, us,
closed my account, and said I was trying to defraud them, charged me a lot of money, turned me into some kind of fraud list, what a crock of shit from the US bank, after, at the time, had just came back from OIF 3 and part of 4, They said I should have know better, well, I called the so called bank number that the check was drafted on, it wasn't the bank, I didn't spend the money, and I paid the bank a lot of fees, Not again. I would do much more research than calling a phone number to verify a check before I tried to deposit it if I wasn't sure if it was real. It was even on the local news, there were so many people that were falling for it, luckily I only had my reputation tarnished by the US bank, and only had to pay them a lot of fees, much for than the 25 dollars, I thought I would have to pay if for some reason it was bad, and closing my account, and reporting me for fraud when I was the one who was defrauded.
closed my account, and said I was trying to defraud them, charged me a lot of money, turned me into some kind of fraud list, what a crock of shit from the US bank, after, at the time, had just came back from OIF 3 and part of 4, They said I should have know better, well, I called the so called bank number that the check was drafted on, it wasn't the bank, I didn't spend the money, and I paid the bank a lot of fees, Not again. I would do much more research than calling a phone number to verify a check before I tried to deposit it if I wasn't sure if it was real. It was even on the local news, there were so many people that were falling for it, luckily I only had my reputation tarnished by the US bank, and only had to pay them a lot of fees, much for than the 25 dollars, I thought I would have to pay if for some reason it was bad, and closing my account, and reporting me for fraud when I was the one who was defrauded.
The following is a new scam I received today. It's from a Raymond Hyslop -anitagatlin1010@Yahoo.com.
Hey,
My daughter’s wedding ceremony is around the corner and i made some findings on the Internet and came to conclusion that your painting services will be needed. My name is Raymond Hyslop based here in the state, I’ll like to know if you could provide me a painting to be presented to her as her wedding is around the corner (21st May,2008 ) In replying to this message, please provide answer to the following question in other to be sure of your availabiliy
Where are you Located?
How long have you been in the artwork business?
What is your estimate for a painting of say 24 by 20 whether acrylic ,oil, water or any form basically any impression?
I will appreciate your quick response to my request. Please realize that I am a very busy person and will appreciate your quick response. Thank you and have a wonderful day, hope to hear from you.
Regards
Raymond Hyslop
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Hey,
My daughter’s wedding ceremony is around the corner and i made some findings on the Internet and came to conclusion that your painting services will be needed. My name is Raymond Hyslop based here in the state, I’ll like to know if you could provide me a painting to be presented to her as her wedding is around the corner (21st May,2008 ) In replying to this message, please provide answer to the following question in other to be sure of your availabiliy
Where are you Located?
How long have you been in the artwork business?
What is your estimate for a painting of say 24 by 20 whether acrylic ,oil, water or any form basically any impression?
I will appreciate your quick response to my request. Please realize that I am a very busy person and will appreciate your quick response. Thank you and have a wonderful day, hope to hear from you.
Regards
Raymond Hyslop
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