Hi Kathleen, I was wondering if you might have heard of this person Rebecca Wallace from Guernsey UK.
At first I thought it was a legitimate purchase inquiry... but now I think not.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks, Matthew
I think it's GREAT that you are putting in the effort to help your fellow artists!
Here are the emails (from latest to first):
from Rebecca Wallace:
Thank you so much for the urgent information provided I want you to
get them ready for shipment and get shipping quote ASAP
On the shipping one will have to pay additional fees at the delivery
point here, because they will never bring to ones house, Courier like
FedEx, UPS and DHL are not worth it here especially USPS probably
because they already known very well.
I want you can contact this shipping company:
www.expressparcelsdelivery.net
contact address: epdsdelivery@mac.hush.com
They will need dimension for the package weight and Value of the
artwork for the shipping and insurance Quote to my billing address,
they offer door to door shipment and deliver safely without paying
any extra money before collecting the goods unlike some other courier
where it will not be delivered to your address and you will still
have to go to their office to pick it up and you will be told to pay
other money like custom duties before collecting it really sick of them.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you soon so that you can
have credit card information to charge for the total payment without
any further delay.
234 Rue Du Fort Sark
Guernsey,
Postcode:GY10 1SF
United Kingdom
---- On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:57:56 -0700 Matthew wrote
----
Hi Rebecca,
The prices for these 3 framed paintings are:
[names, prices]
It looks like shipping would be $200 for all three
Total Art $5,100 plus $200 ship is $5,300 and could ship within the
next couple of days.
Getting the three paintings I could give you a 15% discount bringing
the total including shipping $4,500 usd
I use PayPal for online payments which you can use your credit card
( you don't need a PayPal account)
You can use this page for payment
Let me know how this sounds and we can go from there!
A note on these 3 paintings, they were all done plein-air on location
with my wife and family present and they all hold a special place in
my life and heart.
I hope sometime to come to Guernsey with my family to paint and enjoy
the fresh breeze!
All the best, sincerely,
Matthew
On Jul 21, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Rebecca_wallace1960 wrote:
How are you doing today and family?and great to hear from you,
Below are the artworks that interest me and I want you to get back to
me with the price of each pieces listed bellow:
[name of pieces]
I want you to get back to me with the cost of the above pieces then
we can figure out about shipping,and insurance cost
I will be awaiting,so that you can have my credit card number to run
for the payment
Best
Rebecca Wallace
234 Rue Du Fort Sark
Guernsey,
Postcode:GY10 1SF
United Kingdom
---- On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 11:06:57 -0700 matthew wrote ----
Hi Rebecca, Thanks for your interest in my artwork, and sorry about
the delay in getting back to you I have been away from my computer.
Yes shipping to the UK is fine, though unlike the old days where
wasn't so costly I now have to check on the cost.
If you let me know some of the work, style and sizes you are
interested in I can give you a up to date selection of avail work.
Please reference some of the specific paintings from my website
[url listed]
I very much look forward to having my artwork enhance your home and
life!
All the best,
Matthew
On Jul 12, 2014, at 6:36 PM, rebecca wallace wrote:
Hi there,
I am captivating on your artwork to equip, and beautify my home town
In United Kingdom.
I don't know, if you internationally shipped Out of your region and
Your on-line portfolio or inventory would give me more details of
available works only if you send me more details.
I will wait for your swift response.
Regard
Rebecca Wallace
234 Rue Du Fort Sark
Guernsey,
Postcode:GY10 1SF
United Kingdom
I received an email that is identical to the one you received. It's totally a scam. Here is the email I got:
ReplyDeleteHi there,
I am captivating on your artwork to equip, and beautify my home town
In United Kingdom.
I don't know, if you internationally shipped Out of your region and
Your on-line portfolio or inventory would give me more details of
available works only if you send me more details.
I will wait for your swift response.
Regards
Rebecca Wallace
234 Rue Du Fort Sark
Guernsey,
Postcode:GY10 1SF
United Kingdom
from a rebeccawallace606@gmail.com
I've gotten a number of these in the past. Generally if the English is bad, and especially if they want you to give them any info and/or jump through shipping hoops or use their own "personal" delivery service then it's a scam of some sort.
I just received this exact letter from a Jenny Parker with the exact same address listed with Rebecca Wallace .Thank you for posting this!
ReplyDeleteAlan Stinson alanstinson1@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure it was a scam, as he stopped contacting me after I asked
him to *wire *me the $$ for the 3 pieces.
Hello Kathleen -
ReplyDeleteWill you please add "Alan Stinson's" email (see below) to your art scam website? My older sister received it through her website email. Thank you very much for your help.
Sincerely,
Polly
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Red Woman & Father
From: Alan stinson [alanstinson1@gmail.com]
To:
CC:
Good Day,
Please do you still have this your beautiful work available for sale?
The work I am talking about is below
Red Woman & Father
If the work is still available for purchase, please email me more details about it, the price and the availability.
Best Regards,
Alan
i also received an alanstinson1@gmail.com email....thumbs down alan.
ReplyDeletemike s
Alan Stinson tried his trick here too. The name hadn't surfaced yet on your watch list so I answered (you never know, though the grammar was slightly off but, hey, that can happen) but his second mail was a confirmation. One way to know for sure, I've found out, is mentioning paypal as your sole payment option. It works like a charm, reminds me of garlic and vampires.
ReplyDeleteGarlic and vampires - that's funny!
DeleteOne thing to watch out for, though, is there are many scammers who try to work the paypal angle. They will agree to pay via paypal and then forge an email to look EXACTLY like a paypal payment confirmation email - hoping that the victim will not manually check their paypal account (which would obviously show no new payment).
They still hook the victim into wiring money for some non-existent shipper, and many artists have fallen for this - thinking the paypal payment has happened, when it actually hasn't.
So the REAL garlic is NEVER EVER ever ever.... ever... wire money or some overpayment to someone in order to complete a sale. That's what the scammers are after - cold hard cash, and if you deny them this step... no money wire, you will have held the vampire at bay.... and he'll slink on to his next potential victim.
Jennifer Parker, using same postal code as Rebecca Wallace
ReplyDeleteJennifer Parker [jenparker_jennifer@aol.com]
I received one from Rebecca Wallace too. I smelled a rat and dropped it like a hot potato.
ReplyDeleteBrender Taylow just sent the same email from Malta. Seemed too good to be true... but glad to find out from the web than my empty bank account.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting this!
Alan Simpson also contacted me. Same bs. Hello John
ReplyDeleteHow are things with you? Please do you still have this your beautiful below work available for purchase? The work I am talking about are below..
"Tennesse in the Quarter" Oil on Canvas 16"x20" & "New Orleans Creole Saint" Oil on Canvas 20"x24"
If the work is still available for purchase, please email me more details about it, the price and the availability.
Seasons greetings to you and your family and all the best in this year 2015
Cheers
Just received the following email from Alan Stinson (alan.stin@hotmail.com)
ReplyDeleteHello Greg,
How is everything going on with you? Please do you still have this your beautiful below work available for purchase? The work I am talking about are below..
nightthistle & Robinlg
If the work is still available for purchase, please email me more details about it, the price and the availability.
Cheers
Alan
I just received a request from" Alan Stinson" yesterday. I get 5 or 6 of these bogus request each year.
ReplyDeleteI also, just received an Alan Stinson request last night.
ReplyDeleteI also received an art inquiry from Alan Stinson a few days ago.
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