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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Artists, if you receive an internet art
purchase request, beware! Artists are being targeted for
internet scams.
26th September 2006 - an artist
provided new scam messages (messages
are quoted here as received).
They are still targeting artists!
Message: "Thanks for your swift responce, meanwhile to
hasten the transaction i have instructed my financial associate owing me
to make out the payment to you which he will be doing so next week.The
payment is over the amount for your artwork, included is the shipping
fees and the charges of my private shipper for shipping my other house
interrior decors and furnitures to my new office to the payment i sent
to you.
I have also contacted the shipping agency that will be moving all our
house decors to get in touch with you to arrange the shipping details. I
have given them your mail address. So kindly arrange the shipping with
them when they contact you.Ok?
Therefore, you don't have to worry yourself about the shipping they can
arrange pick up of the artworks from your place. The favour you just
have to do for me is to give the shipping fees to them when they come
for the pickup because my associate will make out the exact payment he
was owing me so i decided the remaining payment should go to the
shipping company for their shipping charges .
This is very important. Hope you keep this in mind. Try and get back as
soon as you see this mail so i can be sure that you are aware that the
payment will be out next week
Best Regards..."
Previous e-mail messages: header on the emails - Dave Brown -
enquiry
"Dear ...,Glad to hear that the paintings are still available for
sale and thanks for the reasonable price offer.
I will be able to handle the shipping by myself as i have a private
shipping agent that will arange for the pick up in your location once
you confirm the payment they are in charge of moving all our house decor
and funitures to our new office in london
I am not set up with paypall,to hasten up the transaction you can
kindly send your bank details
and i will instruct our financial associate in london to transfer the
funds into your account immediately and i will forward you a
confirmation that the money has been done into your account which you
will confrim
it reflects in your account before releasing the paintings or he can
make out a uk cheque as you required as well,let me which way you prefer
within the 2 mode of
payment.i await your repsonce asap. Regards Dave"
I will be happy to have this selected artworks hanged in our
office in south east of . What is the least price? We are a private
Textile company based in johannesburg,Sa,we are spreading our wings by
having a new branch of african fabrics textile company in south east of
London,uk.Kindly let me know the least price and mode of payment of the
works.
An urgent reply we be appreciated.Thanks. Regards, Dave
1 April 2006: This morning I received an e-mail
bearing the Logo of a bank advising about an
unauthorized charge to credit card asking me to go to my account and log
in with my password... I did not....I called
the bank. I also Recently received an e-mail saying
that they are sorry to tell me that there are problems with
Visa Cards, asking me to go to an internet
location to verify.....I did not, just informed the bank and sent them
that e-mail. Yesterday, a friend called me to say that somebody
e-mailed that they sent her money
and that she should check it on internet....she did not...she called the
bank....it was a scam.
So beware, they are using new techniques!
Don't click on anything you receive from
unknown sources. Inform the bank!
The payment
is done with Money
Orders (postal) which are counterfeit. They even propose
to arrange shipment by Federal Express and their shipper asks for weight
and measurement.
Then... they send an
over-payment! When communicated with, they apologise for the
inconvenience, the overpayment was actually destined for the shipper.
The artist is requested to return the balance through Western Union
a.s.a.p.
After this is done, they stop communicating and 20 to 30 days later, the
artist finds out that the Money Orders were rejected by the bank.
Banks do not see it as their
responsibility to advise the artist that MONEY ORDERS are not cash. The
bank reserves the right to remove funds from a personal account within
25 working days or longer, if the funds for Money Orders are not
cleared. And what's more, the bank applies service charges.
