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Saturday, May 17, 2008
  List of Artist Scammers and Fraudsters
I know I keep mentioning art scams and the emails that artists receive, but they continue to help artists that are new to the internet. So, I thought I would create a post with the art scammer's name and email. I'll update this post with new names, aliases and emails of the scummy excuses for human beings and hopefully it will prevent a lot of artists from being ripped off.

Please send me the name and email of any art scam emails that you receive and I will add to this post. If a artists are suspicious and do a Google search for the person (poor excuse for one), I hope they find this post!

ART SCAMMERS

(scammers are arranged alphabetically by their first name)

Bikram Shrestha - sbikram81@yahoo.com
Claire - clairepinkii@jojomail.com
Claire Pink - clairepink@fastmail.co.uk
Crewford - shiper@myway.com
Dave Frank - free4allwe@yahoo.com
Garritt Miller - m_garritt01@yahoo.com
George Craige - gcraige108@yahoo.com
Henry Matt - henrymatt27@googlemail.com
Janet Rumsey - janet_rumsey75@yahoo.com
Jessica - kelvinjessica777@yahoo.com
Johnson Mark - johnson_mark_arts01@yahoo.com
Kim Bauer -
Lisa Benson - lisaben100@googlemail.com, lisa_benson10@yahoo.com and lisaben100@yahoo.com
Nicole Roane - nic_ane01@yahoo.com
Precious - precious_llyod@jojomail.com
Raymond Hyslop - anitagatlin1010@Yahoo.com and remystore333@yahoo.com
Robert Cole - robert.cole81@yahoo.com
Sandra Haddock -
Sandra Williams - sandrawills_sandrawills@yahoo.com
Susan Cutter -
Swane Mackerel - swanemackerel@gmail.com
Tina Brown - tina_brown100@yahoo.co.uk


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Comments:
Brillant idea, there is so much crap out there among the good stuff!
 
Here is another address. She tried to scam me a few months ago:

tina_brown100@yahoo.co.uk

Her email starts off:

"Hope this message finds you well ,I came across your web page while searching for good artworks and I will like to buy some of these creative artworks directly from you which i think will be perfect for my walls.................."
 
Thanks Sheree, I added her to the list.
 
hi! here's another lisa benson's email add: lisa_benson10@yahoo.com


and really, she claim she's from london, their english language is really below normal standard! so guys, do take note of this too!
 
Lisa Benson must use a lot of different emails.
 
Thanks a lot for this post, I indeed used Google to get this list, and 'swane mackerel' with it.
 
Hey, I am not on the list and I have been trying to scam my art for the last 30 years.
 
Huh, David, I can think of few very well known artists that should be on the list too..lol.
 
This is a great iniciative. Keep it up.

Ren
 
Hi there
I just got this one from Mr Hyslop with a different email which you may like to add remystore333@yahoo.com.
Cheers
Bryce Brown
 
I also got this one from Mr Hyslop using remystore333@yahoo.com.

Marc Dalessio
 
Here's one I just got from a MR Henry Matt.. The email he used was henrymatt27@googlemail.com


Email Subject: ART ORDER ENQUIRY

Hello sales,

Am MR Henry Matt i live in united kingdom,Am very much happy when I came across your item,i will like to order for some ITEMS in
your store and i will be paying by casheir check or money order,so kindly get back with your website address,so that i can choose the items needed.

Henry
 
here's one a whole group of woman artists got from Bikram Shrestha
at sbikram81@yahoo.com:

Subject: Artworks Enquiry...

Hello,

I came across some of your masterpiece while surfing the internet at http://www.xxxxx.com website and I am interested in purchasing some of your artworks for our new apartment in Malaysia. I will like you to send me some pictures of your recent porfolio so I can select from your stock. Also let me know the price range of your artworks.

I will look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,
Bikram.
 
What do these preople do... copy and publish your art...or what?
 
what's actually the story after you recieved these email? art work delivered and you never get the money? it'd be helpful to know :)
 
They send you a cheque/check that is more than the agreed upon amount. Then they ask you to send them back the extra amount while you are still waiting for their check/cheque to clear, which turns out to be fake.

It's an added bonus if they also get your artwork, but that's not what theyre after. It's your money theyre after.
 
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