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11/13/2006 10:27:09 AM · #1 |
i got this email from wendell rigins
"Hello Artist,
My name is Wendell Rigins.I am the Managing Director of Rigins hotels and suites....I viewed through your works and found out some lovely ones which i would like to have as decorations in my hotel...This implies that i will like to have some of your artworks to serve as decoration to my just completed hotel...I will like to know if you can sell some of your artworks to me and also accept my mode of payment which will be inform of a cashier check....I will also want to alert you that i have a personal shipping company who will handle the shipment for me.I will want you to pls get back to me with your full information including your phone number and your website if you will accept my mode of payment so that we can begin the transaction sonnest.....
Regards,
Wendell..."
has anyone else gotten one?
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11/13/2006 10:30:12 AM · #2 |
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11/13/2006 10:31:17 AM · #3 |
sounds alot like the "I need your services at my son's wedding" scam.
If it is a scam they will send you a cashier's check for considerably more the amount agreed on. Then they will say there was a clerical error and they sent your money and someone elses to you. They will then ask you to deposit the chack and send the difference to other party.
If you do this, about a week later the original cashier's check will be returned as a fake and the funds taken away from your account.
Procede with all due caution.
BTW - The tip off is the bad English writing.
Message edited by author 2006-11-13 10:31:53.
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11/13/2006 10:31:29 AM · #4 |
pls
Stands out like a sore thumb. If a company is on the up and up, there is no way they would write pls, enstead of Please.
Also, If you have to ask... it most likely is a scam.
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11/13/2006 10:34:38 AM · #5 |
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11/13/2006 10:35:11 AM · #6 |
Has scam written all over it.
Some clues -
Impersonal - if the person had really found your work that impressive, they could at least use your name.
Dodgy channels - Cashiers cheque and personal shipping company? And even if so, why the need to mention them right now?
Unfinished business - the hotel doesn't exist yet, I wonder where he would expect you to send any communications, some untraceable address no doubt.
Non-specific - "some of your art works". He's that impressed, but can't even take the time to point out a particular title.
No history - Rigins hotels ? So there's more than one of them. Well, I just typed it into google and it came up with squat.
The scam would be that the cheque would be sent and be over the amount, and they would request you to pay some back, at which point their cheque would bounce. Probably if not they would request your banking details or some other trickery.
Just delete it. |
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11/13/2006 10:35:27 AM · #7 |
Plus, you'd think he could address you by name instead of "Artist." Not to say you're not an artist, just that for a purchase request, he'd know your name from seeing your stuff.
Edit...too slow.
Message edited by author 2006-11-13 10:36:40.
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11/13/2006 10:35:34 AM · #8 |
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11/13/2006 10:37:29 AM · #9 |
| If you search for the phrase "is this a scam," you'll likely find the same wording for numerous instances of the same scam that has been going on for some time. |
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11/13/2006 11:23:40 AM · #10 |
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04/05/2007 03:45:02 PM · #11 |
I also got an email from Wendell Rigins....
We artists are always hoping someone wants to buy some art from us, but there are some real scams going on...a fellow artist got scammed out of quite a lot regards shipping art overseas. Fortunately he only lost money, not his art as he discovered the scam before the art was actually shipped out. He sent money for some shipping fees. I recently received this email from a Wendell Rigins. I did an internet search on his name and found this forum, so I registered with DP so I could post a comment. Anyone want to respond to me personally in an email, just email me at greenwoodsart@msn.com or via my website, www.kathrynbarnes.com. I have 2 photos on the site...it is primarily for my fine arts endeavors, but I do fine art photography also, or attempt to, so I may be posting in the future here. I think the photos I have seen are beautiful....anyway, here is the email...
From : wendell rigins
Sent : Tuesday, April 3, 2007 2:35 PM
To : greenwoodsart@msn.com
Subject : Beautifull artwork needed
Hello,
Good day! I am Wendell Rigins. I am interested in purchasing some of the art works from your gallery and it will be ship to my new resident in UK. So please let me know if you can sell some of your Original art work for me to put to my new resident. Payment will be made out to you in form of a Cashiers Check or Money Order in us funds once we are able to reach a concrete agreement on the price.
i do hope to hear back from you. thanks and hope to hear back from
you soonest. have a wonderful time.
brgds
Wendell.
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I responded to ask which art he was interested in. I thought it strange he had this email address as it is not the one associated with my website.
Then I got this reply from him, which also seems strange because he is asking me for personal information, i.e. an address that he should not need, as a po box is sufficient to send a check to....
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From : wendell rigins
Sent : Wednesday, April 4, 2007 9:18 AM
To : Kathy Barnes
Subject : Information needed
Hello,
Thanks for the mail.below is the interested artwork needed from you:
The Eagle's Nest
qty..............2 pieces
Pls get back to me with the cost of the artwork and also furnsih me with the below information so that the payment can be made soonest:
full name:
full address: not p.o box
contact phone number:
I shall be expecting your response soonest.
Regards,
Wendell.
_____________________________________________________________
I replied and told him to fill out the order form on my website......not sure if this is a scam or not, but I am not giving out personal info such as my address.....what do you think???
KB
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04/05/2007 03:47:47 PM · #12 |
Usually if you have to ask "Is this a scam"........it is.
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04/05/2007 03:52:42 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by littlegett:
Also, If you have to ask... it most likely is a scam. |
great rule of thumb! |
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04/05/2007 03:53:52 PM · #14 |
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