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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Art Scam Alert!!!
This scam alert came from a mutant con artist attempting to rip off artists - the email is revd.henry@gmail.com:
Scammer pays you with a Bank draft and/or an International Money Order/Postal Money Order
Your bank accepts the deposit and even clears it 3 days later... then about a month later they get a note from the other bank, post office, whatever saying that they've discovered that the draft was a fake.
Then your bank takes the money out of your account.
How is he ripping them off?
ReplyDeleteReally simple...
ReplyDeleteScammer pays you with a Bank draft and/or an International Money Order/Postal Money Order
Your bank accepts the deposit and even clears it 3 days later... then about a month later they get a note from the other bank, post office, whatever saying that they've discovered that the draft was a fake.
Then your bank takes the money out of your account.
Meanwhile you've already shipped the artwork out.
LC