Scam Email: Lisa Wague

Okay, here is an interesting twist. The scammers are having a hard time figuring out who they sent the email to when someone replies and asks a question. They send out so many hundreds of thousands of these, they don't have a good way to track who the person is who is replying to them. And they care because this person is moving along the next step of the scam by replying. I have personally sent replies to scammers removing all references of who I was and asking which pieces were they interested in... knowing they could never match it up if they were a scammer (and a real collector would remember a piece they saw and liked).

So the scammers have been trying some variations. Recently - last week and this week, I've noticed their scam emails now ask the potential victim to please state their website url in their reply. Funny. I guess that is not working so well, or the below email is just another strategy to try and establish a way to know where one of their emails have been sent. They are now embedding the target website url directly in their email, thinking if the artist replies, the url is right there and the scammer can continue what would seem like a "personal" conversation.

Also, we've reported on Vivian and Yvonne Wague in the past. Looks like this scammer is staying with a sister theme.

From: Lisa Wague [lisawague@yahoo.com]
Date: February 23, 2011 8:09:58 PM EST
Subject: Purchase Info.

Hello Bob,
Hope this message found you well; I am so excited to discover these nice artworks on your link (bob's website url was inserted here) and I will like you to get back with more details if they are still available for purchase including their prices;
"Edge of the Old Forest"
"Liberation"
Your urgent reply would be appreciated.
Best Regards,
Lisa.