It is so difficult to get an email to you via your blog?
But I've been scammed before and wanted you to add another email to your blog for other artists to watch out for.
Tamara Walter - t333walter@rocketmail.com
Email Content:
Hello,
I am emailing to inquire about availability of artwork for sale in your
gallery, if you can ship international and also if you are able to process
Electronically Visa and Master Card Number/Expiry date/Cvv as payment. Let
me know so that i can communicate with you on the artworks that interest
me,you can also indicate to me which of the arts are sold and which are
available on your website.
I will be looking forward to reading from you.
Sincerely
Tamara
Thanks Katie ... You're doing great things to help others.
Heres another one of the same email but the name is different:
ReplyDeleteFrom: Martina George [mailto:martina_george323@rocketmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2013 9:02 AM
To:
Subject: Artwork Inquiry
Hello,
I am emailing to inquire about availability of artwork for sale in your gallery, if you can ship international and also if you are able to process Electronically Visa and Master Card Number/Expiry date/Cvv as payment. Let me know so that i can communicate with you on the artworks that interest me,you can also indicate to me which of the arts are sold and which are available on your website.
I will be looking forward to reading from you.
Sincerely
Martina
I too received the same request to buy my photos from Martina_George323@rocketmail.com. I suspected an issue when she didn't know precisely which pictures she wanted. Thanks for this post. I used spokeo to find information on Ms. George and learned that even a deep web search could not uncover basic information about her.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathleen,
ReplyDeleteThanks for fighting the fight against spammers.
Got two more names for your scammers list...
Dapsy Emerald [edapsy888@rocketmail.com]
Martina George [martina_george323@rocketmail.com]
'They' sent the following email to three of our artists in a single day:
"Hello,
I am emailing to inquire about availability of artwork for sale in your gallery, if you can ship international and also if you are able to process Electronically Visa and Master Card Number/Expiry date/Cvv as payment. Let me know so that i can communicate with you on the artworks that interest me,you can also indicate to me which of the arts are sold and which are available on your website.
I will be looking forward to reading from you.
Sincerely
Martina"
Keep up the good work!
I also received an email with exactly the same wording except mine was from a Helen Marcos. Email address: helen_marcos@rocketmail.com
ReplyDeleteThank you Katie for making this anti-scammer site available.
Nancy Formann
ReplyDelete2:15 AM (2 hours ago)
Hello,
I am emailing to inquire about availability of artwork for sale in your gallery, if you can ship international and also if you are able to process Electronically Visa and Master Card Number/Expiry date/Cvv as payment. Let me know so that i can communicate with you on the artworks that interest me,you can also indicate to me which of the arts are sold and which are available on your website.
I will be looking forward to reading from you.
Sincerely
Nancy
I received the same message today from Modet Aries (modett99aries@gmail.com)
ReplyDeleteSame email arrived just now from - ethan Simon
ReplyDeleteI cannot thank you enough for exposing these scams!
+1 for Modet Aries.
ReplyDeleteMy mom's a fantastic painter, and she caught this scam because she's smart. Your blog helped, Katie. I owe you one, and I've just made use of your Donation link.
One thing that should be noted here: all artists are passionate about their creations, and making a living at it is really tough. So having a 'buyer' show up, and then become a scam, is heartbreaking even if no money is lost. If this happens to someone you know, please give them extra TLC.
Thanks again to Katie and all who contribute here.
Thank for your donation! I'll continue the battle to educate and warn others so they do not fall victim to these scams. Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteI received this message from Modet Aries yesterday. Thanks for maintaining this blog. It's about the fourth or fifth time I've received a scam email generally along these lines, although the earlier ones wanted to pay by cashier's check and have a courier pick up the art. Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteI just heard from Modet Aries today interested in art, and wanting to pay via Visa or Mastercard. I sent her the link to set up her card for paypal, and she can pay that way. Is there anyway this could go wrong?
DeleteModet is sure buying a lot of art. She just sent me a request for several pieces and I too referred her to paypal.
ReplyDeletethis "Modet Aries" contacted me about my arwork. Now I make expensive pieces and she "okayed" the full order which amounted to: approx $3200
ReplyDeleteand my husband said to make a search for fraud related to this name and here is was. Thank you so much for this help to us honest hardworking artists.
bless you for saving my behind.
This Modet Aries offered to buy three of my paintings amounting to over 5000USD. Good thing I googled his/her name first before shipping it.
ReplyDeleteAnd here is the email I got from Modet Aries offering to buy three paintings amounting to over 5000USD.
ReplyDelete"Hi ,
I am okay with the cost of these three therefore i want you to get them packed
On the shipping one will have to pay additional fee at the delivery point here in Isle of Man because they will never bring to ones house. courier like Fedex, UPS are not worth it here especially USPS all of them are not rendering good service here probably because they already known very well.
You can contact this courier http://parcelcargocourier.co.uk (parcelcargocourier@myway.com) as well with the weight and cost of the artwork for the shipping and insurance to my address because they ship and deliver safely without one paying any other money before collecting the goods unlike some other courier where it will not be delivered to your address rather you will have to go to their office to pick it up and when you get there you will be told to pay other money before collecting it.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you asap.
Thanks
Shipping Address
15 Buttermere Drive
Lakeside Gardens Onchan
Isle of Man IM3 2ED"
I just got the exact email, except the address is different. It sounded way to good to be true.
Deleteme too. :(
ReplyDeleteI just got one too.......
ReplyDeleteThis was the first email I received:
Greeting,
I was wondering if your artworks are for sale or just in private collection please get back and let me know perhaps i can purchase some for my personal beautification purpose.
Thank you in anticipation
Modet
I just got that exact same email from someone called "Sam Benette", on november 20th. What a waste of time. Thank you Katie!
DeleteModet- is now
ReplyDeletemodet999aries@outlook.com
Seems this scammer was- Modet Aries (modett99aries@gmail.com)
Best of Holiday to all!
And Beula Francis
Deletef.beula888@gmail.com
fbeula888@rocketmail.com
I too have been following up with a purchase..... It sounded too good and a little fishy....... same text as above:
ReplyDeleteQuote:
Modet Aries
2:45 PM (22 hours ago)
to me
Hi,
I am okay with the cost of all therefore i want you to get them packed
On the shipping one will have to pay additional fee at the delivery point here in Jersey because they will never bring to ones house. courier like Fedex, UPS are not worth it here especially USPS all of them are not rendering good service here probably because they already known very well.
You can contact this courier http://parcelcargocourier.co.uk (parcelcargocourier@myway.com) as well with the weight and cost of the artwork for the shipping and insurance to my address because they ship and deliver safely without one paying any other money before collecting the goods unlike some other courier where it will not be delivered to your address rather you will have to go to their office to pick it up and when you get there you will be told to pay other money before collecting it.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you asap.
Thanks
Shipping Address
42 Victoria Street,
St Helier, Jersey JE2 4TG
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 19:23:29 -0800
Subject: Re: artwork
From:xxxx
To: modet999aries@outlook.com
Modet,
I have verified that all six paintings are available.......
_________
Total $ 6,840
Thanks...........
is anyone have ever sold her a painting and paid for it?
ReplyDelete"she" is likely a he and scammers do not care about the artwork and the scam is over before the art is ever sent.
ReplyDeleteThey overpay with fake checks or stolen credit cards, ask the artist to forward the money for their shipper (who doesn't exist) via wire transfer (that's the critical part of this scam) and once the money has been wired, it is gone, untraceable, and so is the scammer.
Never ever use wire transfers and you will at least not fall victim to this particular scam.
yup, this guy is working on me too presently. he is using the name Beula Francis. email f.beula888@gmail.com. he is pretty rude actually. the shipping company he is requesting me to use is bogus. www.parcelcargocourier.co.uk i called them and the lines are disconnected. also their website is totally fake. i emailed them and never heard back, then "buela" writes to me and accuses me of lying to him that i never heard from the shippers. he forwards me my own email to the shippers and their response. yeah, right. people like this are really something. i think i'll mess with him for a long time....
ReplyDeleteWe received:
ReplyDeleteGreeting,
I was wondering if your artworks are for sale or just in private collection please get back and let me know perhaps i can purchase some for my personal beautification purpose.
Thank you in anticipation
Miranda
from mirandakleen@outlook.com
then
On the shipping one will have to pay additional fee at the delivery point here in Belfast because they will never bring to ones house. courier like Fedex, UPS are not worth it here especially USPS all of them are not rendering good service here probably because they already known very well.
You can contact this courier www.eurocargoparcel.com (eurocargoparcel@hush.com) as well with the weight and cost of the artwork for the shipping and insurance to my address because they ship and deliver safely without one paying any other money before collecting the goods unlike some other courier where it will not be delivered to your address rather you will have to go to their office to pick it up and when you get there you will be told to pay other money before collecting it.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you asap.
Thanks
Shipping Address
72 Talbot Street
Belfast BT1 2LD
then
Hi,
I can only pay with giving you my credit card number, expiry date and cvv security code to run manually because my URL would not allow me to complete any transaction of such paypal online since i had problem with paypal payment before when my paypal account was compromised.
You can make use of PayPal to run my credit card with your computer through this link(https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/virtual-terminal) just click How it works and follow the steps as instructed on the paypal webpage.
Accept credit cards virtually anywhere.
Use Virtual Terminal wherever you have Internet access-at your office, at a trade show, even at the airport. To take a credit card order, simply log in to your PayPal account and enter the payment details into the secure Virtual Terminal order form. We’ll process the payment and send you a confirmation.
OR i am also familiar with this merchant which is more easier http://www.bluepay.com/ it also allows you to process credit card without any difficulty.
_________
Hope this helps
I have just had almost the exact same interchange with Miranda Kleen as seen above, Dec. 27, 2013. What is not clear to me is how the artist is cheated--if the sale goes through or not.
ReplyDeletePlease understand that the criminals using this tactic only need the victim to process the stolen credit cards and wire them the money. It is the wire transfer they are after, which leaves the victim holding the bag of stolen credit card transactions that the bank will surely take back from the artist.
DeleteI got the same thing today from 'Ethan Louise' (ethansimon00@gmail.com)
DeleteThey didn't even bother to customize their bad email template to say if it was antiques or art they were interested in purchasing.
Hello,
I am emailing to inquire about availability of antiques/artworks for
sale in your gallery/studio, if you can ship international and also if
you are able to process Electronically Visa and Master Card
Number/Expiry date/Cvv
as payment. Let me know so that i can communicate with you on the
artworks/antiques that interest me,you can also indicate to me which
of the items are sold and which are available on your website.
I will be looking forward to reading from you.
Sincerely
Louise
Here is the jist of my correspondence with Miranda Kleen:
ReplyDeletefirst: Greeting,
I was wondering if your artworks are for sale or just in private
collection please get back and let me know perhaps i can purchase some
for my personal beautification purpose.
Thank you in anticipation
then: Hi,
Thank you for the swift response i have been trying to make choice of the art needed but could not so i will appreciate if you can email me few list of available ones within the price range of $400 and $3000 so i can choose from.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you asap.
Best
then: I am okay with the cost of these four for now therefore i want you to get them packed.
On the shipping one will have to pay additional fee at the delivery point here in Belfast because they will never bring to ones house. courier like Fedex, UPS are not worth it here especially USPS all of them are not rendering good service here probably because they already known very well.
You can contact this courier www.eurocargoparcel.com (eurocargoparcel@hush.com) as well with the weight and cost of the artwork for the shipping and insurance to my address because they ship and deliver safely without one paying any other money before collecting the goods unlike some other courier where it will not be delivered to your address rather you will have to go to their office to pick it up and when you get there you will be told to pay other money before collecting it.
I will be looking forward to hearing from you asap.
Thanks
When I checked the website for eurocargoparcel.com I did find a website but after that initial time the website was down. I emailed them and got this:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing EuroCargoparcel,
Our website is temporarily down due to reconstruction.
We require the dimension, value, ship to and fro address of the package to enable us determine the freight cost of the package.
Maran Sanders
Customer Service Dept
EuroCargoparcel
11, Brow Business Centre, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire,
HP12 3HE United Kingdom
Tel: 08447749972
Fax: 07438849534
E-mail: eurocargoparcel@hush.com
Web: http://www.eurocargoparcel.com
Ultimately I send them the information and got a quote. They told me payment had to be made in the form of a bank wire transfer and they would send the necessary information when i ordered shipment. Meanwhile Miranda Kleen wrote:
Hi Deb,
Thank you for keeping me posted on the shipment, regarding the payment My bank will not allow the charge of paypal go through on my card because i had issue with paypal before on my card
You can look into http://www.bluepay.com/ OR PayAnywhere (http://www.payanywhere.com) which allows you to process credit card numb, exp date and csc on your COMPUTER or SMART PHONE.
I want you to get back to me asap on how to proceed.
Thanks
Miranda
She also told me that her bank would not allow payment to Square Register. When i called BluePay the man I spoke to immediately recalled a Miranda Kleen trying to do the same kind of transaction with an artist the day before--requesting that he sign up for credit card processing and directing him to charge $5000 divided evenly between two credit cards. That finally keyed me in to the problem and my absurd trust. I googled Miranda Kleen art and found this website.
SELLERS BEWARE From Shanna Crompton Shanna Crompton
ReplyDeleteThank you for keeping in touch,
I can only pay with giving you my credit card number, expiry and cvv security code to run manually because my URL would not allow me to complete any transaction of such online. You can make use of paypal through their virtual terminal (https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/virtual-terminal) with your computer it can allow you to input and process a card number, exp. date, csc, and zip. anytime anywhere or you can look out for someone that has a credit card processing machine that can help out.
I want you to get back to me asap on how to proceed.
Thanks
I got the exact same message from the same email. Any real buyer would at least mention the Artwork they are interested in, and know that I do not sell any antiques. I do wonder how this scam works, I am not Dali and my stuff is not worth a fortune. I guess I am flattered? My google analytics tell me the hit on my site came from Chicago Illinois. If I could get a proper IP address I will attack it so hard and give them a little lesson. Email below:
ReplyDeleteHello,
I am emailing to inquire about availability of antiques/artworks for sale in your gallery/studio, if you can ship international and also if you are able to process Electronically Visa and Master Card Number/Expiry date/Cvv as payment. Let me know so that i can communicate with you on the artworks/antiques that interest me,you can also indicate to me which of the items are sold and which are available on your website.
I will be looking forward to reading from you.
Sincerely
Louise
Chris
Hi Chris,
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, it has nothing to do with your art. This scam is perpetrated on anyone selling anything, but artists are particularly vulnerable because we are trusting types, and we are always so happy when someone wants to buy our artwork. Scammers know this.
But the art is irrelevant to them. They just want to overpay with fake money (with whatever their lame story is to explain that setup), ask you to forward the overpayment part - typically to some fake shipper (but its really just them) via wire transfer (always this because that's how they get the cash from you in an untraceable way and then they disappear). Then, too late, the victim discovers the original money was fake.
Key flags: overpayment, asking you to forward (or return) money for them via wire transfer.
Also, know the IP number is rarely of any help because scammers hijack other people's servers in order to send out their massive spams or even if it has been individualized, they have found a way to spoof or otherwise hide their true location.
Frustrating, I know.
But just everyone continuing to post reduces the success rate of these reprehensible scumbags and that is at least something. Every person we help avoid become a victim is a point for our side.
I'm so lucky! Shanna's contacted me as well.
ReplyDeleteGood Day,
How is everything with you? I picked interest in your artwork and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I will like to know if you have shipped internationally before and if you have a merchant that enables you to accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?. Could you please respond with your recently updated website so we can proceed from there
Best Regards
Shanna
Yeah, I was suspicious by the email I got too, so I did a search on the body of the email and the above is the exact email I got, only the "Client" was a Mrs Qessiah Murray (qessiah.murray@gmail.com)
DeleteMe too!
ReplyDeleteOn May 14, 2014, at 11:47 AM, Shanna Crompton wrote:
Good Day,
I am Interested in purchasing some piece of art from your gallery or
inventory therefore i will like to know if you are able to ship
International and also if you accept Visa Card or Master Card for
payment?
You can get back to me with your recently updated web page or art
collection list.
Sincerely
Shanna
I just got this as well, from a Jessica Brown:
ReplyDeleteJesicabrown1408@gmail.com
Comment: Hello,
I am emailing to inquire about availability of artwork for sale in
your gallery, if you can ship international and also if you are able
to process Electronically Visa and Master Card Number/Expiry date/Cvv
as payment. Let me know so that i can communicate with you on the
artworks that interest me,you can also indicate to me which of the
arts are sold and which are available on your website.
I will be looking forward to read from you.
Sincerely
Jessica Brown
I wanted to add another one to the blog...
ReplyDeleteKristy Slogan - kristyslogan@outlook.com
Good Day,
How is everything with you? I picked interest in your artwork and deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I will like to know if you have shipped internationally before and if you have a merchant that enables you to accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?. Could you please respond with your recently updated website so we can proceed from there
Best Regards
Hello.
ReplyDeleteI've just had an incident of the similar scam. Here are the information on
this one;
email contact from: jesicabrown1408@outlook.com ( calls herself Jessica
Brown, but see jessica is spelled with one "s" as in another Jessica on
your list.....)
Script: She is interested in three pieces of my work, found on my website,
asking for the prices. She gives me an address in UK on a British Isles,
Gurnsey. Gives me a shipping company's contact ( telling me she uses them always and they are totally reliable ). She tells me to get a quote right
away. So, I do, and receive a very professional looking quote. The
company's name is *Transfreightglobalexpress*. I am skeptical, but curious,
so I check the website, and I found out that it was created in late May ( I
got this email in mid June ) in Germany. Next, "Jessica" tells me what I
have for her to run a credit card. I've just got Square set up, so I tell
her to call me with all the card info since email is not secure.
Immediately, she emails me all the info of a credit card, telling to make
sure it goes through. So, I do run the number, and it goes through. Now, I
am getting quite skeptical because she sent me all these info via email and
would call me. I talk to Square customer service, and they were very
helpful in telling it was probably a scam and I should refund the money
right away. So, I did. I sent an email to Jessica next day that I had an
early morning fire at my studio, and all my paintings were damaged. I
thanked her for an education. She wrote me back completely shocked and
sympathetic to me, telling me she would pray for me........ the end.
So, that's how mine went.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI just received this today in my inbox from
dorothyhunge0@gmail.com
Good Day,
How is everything with you? I picked interest in your artwork and
deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I will like to know if
you have shipped internationally before and if you have a merchant
that enables you to accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?.
Could you please respond with your recently updated website so we can
proceed from there
Best Regards
Mrs Hunge
Begin forwarded message:
ReplyDeleteFrom: Martina Walker [mat.walker222@gmail.com]
Subject: Artworks For Purchase
Date: August 20, 2014 8:51:50 AM PDT
To:
Reply-To: mat.walker222@aol.com
Good Day,
I am Interested in purchasing some piece of art from your gallery or
inventory therefore i will like to know if you are able to ship
International and also if you accept Visa Card or Master Card for
payment?
You can get back to me with your recently updated web page or art
collection list.
Sincerely
Mrs Walker
Same copy new email address and name - just received today!
ReplyDelete-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Art Inquiry
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 21:45:58 +0100
From: Dorris Allenton
Reply-To: allentondorris@outlook.com
Good Day,
How is everything with you? I picked interest in your artwork and
deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I will like to know if
you have shipped internationally before and if you have a merchant
that enables you to accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?.
Could you please respond with your recently updated website so we can
proceed from there
Best Regards
Mrs Allenton
received the same mat.walker222 sender, under " Quinnet Milliband" name.
ReplyDeleteTks for this list, that why I found it was scam.
this today . . . beware
ReplyDeleteOn 15.11.2014 17:45, Quinnet Milliband wrote:
> Greeting,
> I was wondering if your artworks are for sale or all just in private
> collection please get back and let me know perhaps i can purchase some
> for my personal beautification purpose also let me know in your
> response whether you are capable of processing credit card payment.
> Thank you in anticipation
> Best Regards
> Mrs Milliband
Quinnet Milliband
Thanks for keeping track of these scams
RW
I received this similar letter today 11/17/14 from a Qessiah Murray: I was suspicious due to the credit card inquiry, the name and how she wrote in awkward English, basically not knowing my work, just writing ad hoc, something felt wrong. Good thing your web-site exists, Many Thanks!
ReplyDelete"Greeting,
I was wondering if your artworks are for sale or all just in private collection please get back and let me know perhaps i can purchase some for my personal beautification purpose also let me know in your response whether you are capable of processing credit card payment.
Thank you in anticipation
Best Regards
Mrs Murray "
I received this email from a person representing themselves as Qessiah Murray at qessiahmurray@hotmail.com. The body of the inquiry to purchase art was this:
ReplyDeleteGreeting,
I was wondering if your artworks are for sale or all just in private collection please get back and let me know perhaps i can purchase some for my personal beautification purpose also let me know in your response whether you are capable of processing credit card payment.
Thank you in anticipation
Best Regards
Mrs Murray
Since this matches other fraudulent inquires posted on this site, this name should be added to the list of names to watch out for.
Mrs Billiband is on the move again...
ReplyDeleteGood Day,
How is everything with you? I picked interest in your artwork and
deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I will like to know if
you have shipped internationally before and if you have a merchant
that enables you to accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?.
Could you please respond with your recently updated website so we can
proceed from there
Best Regards
Mrs Milliband
Good Day,
ReplyDeleteHow is everything with you? I picked interest in your artwork and
deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I will like to know if
you have shipped internationally before and if you have a merchant
that enables you to accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?.
Could you please respond with your recently updated website so we can
proceed from there
Best Regards
Magaret Greer
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI picked interest in your artwork and
deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I will like to know if
you have shipped internationally before and if you have a merchant
that enables you to accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?.
Could you please respond with your recently updated website so we can
proceed from there.
Best Regards
Gabriel Smiley
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI picked interest in your artwork and
deemed it necessary to write you immediately. I will like to know if
you have shipped internationally before and if you have a merchant
that enables you to accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?.
Could you please respond with your recently updated website so we can
proceed from there.
Best Regards
Hank B.
Thank you for the response,
ReplyDeleteI can only pay with giving you my credit card number, expiry date and
cvv security code to run manually because my URL would not allow me to
complete any transaction of such paypal online since i had problem
with paypal payment before.
You can make use of PayPal to run my credit card with your smart phone
or computer through this link
(https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/virtual-terminal) just click How
it works and follow the steps as instructed on the paypal webpage.
Accept credit cards virtually anywhere.
Use Virtual Terminal wherever you have Internet access-at your office,
at a trade show, even at the airport. To take a credit card order,
simply log in to your PayPal account and enter the payment details
into the secure Virtual Terminal order form. We’ll process the payment
and send you a confirmation.
You can also download an application called PayPal Here through Paypal
(https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/credit-card-reader) on your smart
phone in order to be able to run credit card as well or you can look
out for someone that has a credit card processing machine that can
help out. .
I will be looking forward to hear from you so that you can give me
the go ahead to choose what piece i have interest in purchasing.
Best
Just received this, same letter using the name George Mason...
ReplyDelete> From: George MASON
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 11:21 PM
> Subject: Artwork Inquiry
>
> --
> Hello,
> I am emailing to inquire about availability of artwork for sale in
> your gallery, if you can ship international and also if you are able
> to process Electronically Visa and Master Card Number/Expiry date/Cvv
> as payment. Let me know so that i can communicate with you on the
> artworks that interest me,you can also indicate to me which of the
> arts are sold and which are available on your website.
> I will be looking forward to read from you.
> Sincerely
> George M.
>
>
>
Yep - same illiterate scam - except I trap the IPAddress of the sender:
ReplyDeleterequired:
name: Loisanders Brooke
email: lbrookes9797@outlook.com
Letter: Good Day,
How is everything with you? I picked interest in your artwork and decided to write you. I will like to know if your artwork can be
purchased and shipped internationally?. I can email the artwork of interest and payment will be completed in full once you confirm my
purchase order with a quotation.
Kindly let me know when you are in office and ready to take my artwork order also let me know if you accept Visa Card, Master Card for payment? furthermore you can email me your recently updated website or art price list in your response.
Best Regards
Loisanders
REMOTE_ADDR: 149.254.51.5
HTTP_USER_AGENT: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0
DATE: 6:35:35 2016-4-24
Thanks for this site, I got this today, it helped me identify the scam.
ReplyDeleteName: Loisanders Brooke
Email Address: lbrookes9797@outlook.com
Subject: Artwork Inquiry
Message: Good day,
I am Interested in purchasing artwork from your gallery inventory therefore i will like to know if you are able to ship international and also if you accept Visa Card or Master Card for payment?
You can get back to me with your response along with your recently updated web page.
Regards
Loisanders
Got the exact same one from the same person!
ReplyDeleteHere we are two years later, and the scam continues...i got this email from Belly Jordan in Gibraltar, and subsequent emails match all the examples described above...now the fake shipper is EdgeExpressDelivery.com:
ReplyDeleteSubject: Artwork Interest
Message: Good Day,
How is work and family? I picked interest in your artwork and decided to write you. I will like to know if your artwork can be purchased and shipped internationally?. I can email the artwork of interest and payment will be completed in full once you confirm my purchase order with a quotation. Kindly let me know when you are in office and ready to take my artwork order also let me know if you accept either Visa Card/MasterCard or PayPal for payment
Best Regards
Belly
When I sent her a list of available artworks, she replied:
Hello,
Thank you for the swift response these are the artworks i have chosen from your site so i want you to get back to me with the availability and cost price confirmation of each so i can give you the credit card number to run for the payment
Then when I asked about her location and shipping, she replied:
Good to hear back from you below is my address so you can get the shipping cost and sum everything up so that you can let me know what is the total to pay and acquire the pieces. Although i do not know the courier or shipping method you are planning to use but i must be honest with you it is a different ball game with delivery here which i think could be the same in most places due to the deteriorating economy all over the world. We pay additional fee at the delivery point here in Gibraltar because the couriers will never bring the package to ones house. Couriers like Fedex, UPS, DHL are not worth it here especially USPS and TNT all of them are not rendering good service here probably because they have already made names and well known. Please you can contact this courier https://www.edgeexpressdelivery.com (info@edgeexpressdelivery.com)with the weight/cost of the artwork and request the shipping and insurance cost to my address because they ship and deliver safely without having any issues with customs or loss of package. Furthermore unlike other couriers they will deliver to someones door step without requesting any further payment at the point of delivery. With other couriers the package will not be delivered to your address rather you will have to go to their office to pick it up and when you get there you will be asked to pay additional money before collecting it. I hope you get the shipping cost as soon as you can and total it up with the cost of the artwork so that i can give you the payment before the shipment is sent out. I will be looking forward to hearing from you asap. Thanks
10 Town Range, Avenue
Gibraltar
When I asked her how she found me, she said:
PS : regarding your question my husband stumbled on your website when he was doing some shopping and he called me to check it out because we are a family that cherish artwork a lot. And i must say this your art will have a good home here.
Received this one from Cornelly Broderick cbdprapra@outlook.com
ReplyDeleteGood Day,
How is work and family? I picked interest in your artwork and decided to write you. I will like to know if your artwork can be purchased and shipped internationally?. I can email the artwork of interest and payment will be completed in full once you confirm my purchase order with a quotation. Kindly let me know when you are in office and ready to take my artwork order also let me know if you accept either Visa Card/MasterCard or PayPal for payment
Best Regards
Cornelly
Received this one from Cornelly Broderick cbdprapra@outlook.com June 9, 2019
ReplyDeleteI am a gallery owner. Thank goodness I searched the name.
Good Day,
How is work and family? I picked interest in your artwork and decided to write you. I will like to know if your artwork can be purchased and shipped internationally?. I can email the artwork of interest and payment will be completed in full once you confirm my purchase order with a quotation. Kindly let me know when you are in office and ready to take my artwork order also let me know if you accept either Visa Card/MasterCard or PayPal for payment
Best Regards
Cornelly
I just received this same email word for word from Cornelly.
ReplyDeletejust got this as well. same copy/paste
ReplyDeletePues, recibí hoy el mismo correo de Cornelly.
ReplyDeleteCornelly Broderick on cbdprrapra@outlook.com contacted me with the same email this week. Very thankful for this thread.
ReplyDeleteJust got this:
ReplyDeleteCornelly Broderick
Good Day,
How is work and family? I picked interest in your stunning artworks and decided to write you. I will like to know if your artwork can be purchased and shipped internationally?. I can email the artwork of interest and payment will be completed in full once you confirm my purchase order with a quotation. Kindly let me know when you are in office and ready to take my artwork order also let me know if you accept either Visa Card/MasterCard or PayPal for payment.
Best Regards
I received the same email from cornelly as well
ReplyDeleteGood Day,
How is work and family? I picked interest in your stunning artworks and decided to write you. I will like to know if your artwork can be purchased and shipped internationally?. I can email the artwork of interest and payment will be completed in full once you confirm my purchase order with a quotation. Kindly let me know when you are in office and ready to take my artwork order also let me know if you accept either Visa Card/MasterCard or PayPal for payment.
Best Regards
Cornelly
One more for Cornelly
ReplyDeleteHow is work and family? I picked interest in your artwork and decided to write you. I will like to know if your artwork can be purchased and shipped internationally?. I can email the artwork of interest and payment will be completed in full once you confirm my purchase order with a quotation. Kindly let me know when you are in office and ready to take my artwork order also let me know if you accept either Visa Card/MasterCard or PayPal for payment
ReplyDeleteBest Regards
Be careful with these addresses too
Annfinberg@outlook.com
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