Saturday, April 25, 2015

Art Scam Alert!

Beware of this rip off "artist" who rips off artists...
 From: Jena Gilbert <jenagilbert@outlook.com>

To Whom It May Concern:
Could you please confirm i can place an order with you for few artworks, i am located in Northern Ireland and i know the difficulties encountered shipping internationally. I have a reliable courier company am registered with, they pick up and deliver anywhere in the world, they handle pick up and delivery arrangement so shipment shouldn't be an issue. I can email the artwork as i don't place order on websites 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 purchase order.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Gilbert

3 comments:

Susan Finsen said...

Here's the one I got:
"To Whom It May Concern:
Could you please confirm i can place an order with you for few artworks, i am located in Northern Ireland and i know the difficulties encountered shipping internationally. I have a reliable courier company am registered with, they pick up and deliver anywhere in the world, they handle pick up and delivery arrangement so shipment shouldn't be an issue. I can email the artwork as i don't place order on websites 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 purchase order.
Sincerely yours,
Mrs Shapleigh"

Sue Sill said...

I got the following email from Northern Ireland:

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 are able to ship your artwork internationally 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
or art price list so we can proceed from there
Best Regards
Mrs Cummins

She insisted I use Fastscope, a Belfast courier and that I pay the shipping. When I said I would only use DHL, which charges half the price quoted by Fastscope, she stopped communicating.

Nathaniel Whitcomb said...

Here's one I received the other day...

Art Piece Acquire

Jena Gilbert
May 3 (1 day ago)

to me
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 are able to ship your artwork internationally 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 or art price list so we can proceed from there
Best Regards
Mrs Gilbert