tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post5365042992780359513..comments2024-02-11T23:48:59.841-08:00Comments on Stop Art Scams: Scam Email: David NutterKatieMoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01998438534712939464noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3334260376400900106.post-3890270222476750642010-07-29T07:16:55.500-07:002010-07-29T07:16:55.500-07:00Here is an email I received today from an artist:
...Here is an email I received today from an artist:<br /><br />"Hi Kathleen,<br /><br />My name is Michael and I am an artist in Rhode Island. I recently received a request for some of my art from a David Nutter and decided to investigate online. Apparently you received a request from "him" as well. Thank you for posting your comments online. I am a little cautious and wanted to see if this "David Nutter" was legit.<br /><br />My question was how things ultimately turned out? Did you end up sending artwork to him? Or did you call his bluff? If you get the chance, please let me know how everything turned out. I am suspicious.<br /><br />Thank you very much in advance.<br /><br />Michael"<br /><br />Well, Michael - first off I would recommend NOT replying to a scammer once you know it is not for real. No sense confirming for them your email address is "live" (they send their scam out to hundreds of thousands of email addresses not knowing which emails are valid or not). And there is no sense in "calling their bluff". They don't care about you and they don't really care about emails trying to scam them back (though I know lots of artists do that just to feel better). It's just a numbers game to them. Can they send out a zillion emails in the hopes that even one victim will completely fall for it.<br /><br />Remember, the scam is they WANT you to write back. They WANT to send you a check or money order (it will be for more than the amount owed and it will ultimately turn out to be a fake check). They will ask you to send your artwork AND the difference in the overpayment they've "paid". Then you are out the money (typically thousands of dollars) and the artwork.<br /><br />So my best advice is - once you know the email you've receive is from a scammer - just delete it and go back to making art. Even though they may have personalized the email, at that point it is no different than a viagra spam email and you just have to delete and move on.KatieMoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998438534712939464noreply@blogger.com