tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post3226170967901055450..comments2024-02-11T23:48:59.841-08:00Comments on Stop Art Scams: Artist Experience: Tricia Allen Scam Email IIIKatieMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998438534712939464noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post-77374817870698333232010-08-11T05:38:27.083-07:002010-08-11T05:38:27.083-07:00I was also contacted by this individual and their ...I was also contacted by this individual and their "freight company". I am glad I found this on the internet that it is a scam. She went as far as to say she is bed-ridden having a baby now, so the scam continues to get bigger. And this is why it has taken her extra time to have her husband send me the funds to cover the artwork. I will simply not reply to her anymore and block her email from my account.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post-71739325608487305832010-08-02T08:21:14.782-07:002010-08-02T08:21:14.782-07:00Matthew,
Unfortunately, the best advice I have fo...Matthew,<br /><br />Unfortunately, the best advice I have for you - once you've identified this is a scam email, is to just stop. If you have replied and figured it out in second or third emails, just stop replying. If you didn't even reply to one message and know it is a scam - great for you! Just think of it the same as a viagra spam email. Mark it as spam, delete it and go back to making great art and don't give it any more time and attention.<br /><br />There isn't much that can be done, though once an artist has actually lost money and/or art to the scammer, they can report it to the authorities because then it has become mail fraud as well as a cyber crime.KatieMoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998438534712939464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post-89024398532632864192010-08-02T08:14:22.314-07:002010-08-02T08:14:22.314-07:00What should you do if one of these people have con...What should you do if one of these people have contacted you?Matthew LeVierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423174572110861896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post-224472194043136042010-07-13T08:04:36.062-07:002010-07-13T08:04:36.062-07:00Merrily,
Thanks for writing in. Yes, most often t...Merrily,<br /><br />Thanks for writing in. Yes, most often the name of the "shipping agent" will also be falsified. They are counting on people not bothering to look anything up and trust that it "sounds" for real. But the more we keep posting these, the fewer the artists will be that will think these emails are for real.<br /><br />Your instincts were right on to look it up and see if you could verify anything.KatieMoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998438534712939464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post-598806649937917652010-07-13T07:43:30.333-07:002010-07-13T07:43:30.333-07:00I received exactly the same email described above....I received exactly the same email described above. I was suspicious, so did some searching. I have also been contacted by her "shipping agent", which also appears to be ficticious as I could not pull up anything on a search for Harvestfield Freight and Logistic Services. So the scam continues.<br />MerrilyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15684987628123280995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post-21500289393473127812010-06-30T09:24:02.796-07:002010-06-30T09:24:02.796-07:00Tricia Allen *is* a fictitious name and I am also ...Tricia Allen *is* a fictitious name and I am also surprised how scammers keep using the same names from a basically pretty small list of names. I'm sure new ones will pop up as they find too many people catching on.<br /><br />I think its a broad generalization to imply Africans are behind these scams. In fact, the source of most of the emails I've seen are elsewhere - nigeria, south america, belarus, china, russia. I think they come from all over.<br /><br />Thanks for writing in. Glad you didn't fall for the Tricia Allen email.KatieMoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998438534712939464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post-1146384935285310992010-06-30T08:55:16.610-07:002010-06-30T08:55:16.610-07:00Tricia Allen is a fictitious scammer name. I rece...Tricia Allen is a fictitious scammer name. I received a similar request to purchase custom artwork. Hilarious how stupid these Africans are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com