Email Scams Examples
Scam Email: Curtis Butler
My mom was the recipient of an attempted scam – luckily she asked for my help in processing a credit card and so I was able to stop it before she actually lost any real […] Read More
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Scam Email: Max Gardner
Dear Kathleen, This is the first email from a series from this person. It is definitely a scam. Please post his name on your site. Any further advice for how I can report this, etc… […] Read More
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Scam Email: Don Fisher
On Jul 19, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Don Fisher wrote: — Hello, These particular artwork of yours that you have for sale, is it still available and detailed price. Don. From: Don Fisher [bestofdonfisher@gmail.com] Date: […] Read More
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Scam Email: Cindy Dickson
It’s when scammers make lame mistakes that most people get suspicious that the purchase is not actually for real. This scammer using this fake name made several mistakes, but the obvious one that tipped the […] Read More
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Scam Email: Steve Wood
Yup, Tom – it’s a scam. Delete it and do not respond. Hi Kathleen, Its been 2 years since my last email about the scam I was in the middle of – and got out […] Read More
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Scam Email: Greg Hembree
type=”html”> This was an obvious miss on the scammer’s part but they could care less – they play a numbers game. They send out thousands of these emails seeking that small percentage that reply so […] Read More
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Scam Email: James Chavez
type=”html”>Yes, even someone who hosts a blog and Facebook page about scammers, warning people how not to fall victim, receives these stupid emails as well. To entertain myself, I removed the name of my art […] Read More
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Scam Email: Paul Newman
type=”html”>The use of a famous name like Paul Newman doesn’t make this any less of a scam. Kathleen, Thank you for your post about scammers trying to buy artwork. I have received an email before […] Read More
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Scam Email: Frank Bernard
type=”html”>Here is the text of yet another scammer with another fake name and disposable email account: Hi Cheryl, Good to hear back from you.I will like to proceed with the purchase of the piece. I […] Read More
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Scam Email: Carolyn Jovanni
To Kathleen or whom it may concern: I was almost caught up in this scam, until a red flag went up. The series of emails as follows: Received an email yesterday reading: Congratulations! Someone expressed […] Read More
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Scam Email: Steve Borgatti
How many years have I been doing this blog. How many personal emails have I sent for years before I started the blog. Really, this scam has changed VERY LITTLE since it began. Why? Because […] Read More
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Scam Email: Luiza Kwiatkowska
Scammers are not above grabbing the names of real people online and using them for their own criminal purposes. Also notice how, in the below scam, the scammer begins by asking about PayPal (thus trying […] Read More
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Scam Email: Thanh Nguyen
hello i wish i had come across your site earlier! ive been working on an art sale with a “thanh nguyen” with the email “mrknumb@gmail.com” . i researched him, his company, the bank the check […] Read More
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Scam Email: Adrian Hermes
Here is a scam that is so telling – sent to an “undisclosed list of recipients” (aka huge spam list) and apologizing upfront for not remember your website (they have no way to track the […] Read More
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Scam Email: Andrew Hembree
Hi Kathleen, Thank you for doing this. I received a similar email back in August which is what made me suspicious of this one. It was a different name, Steve Levitt, but the phrasing was […] Read More
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Scam Email: Rebecca Wallace
Hi Kathleen, I was wondering if you might have heard of this person Rebecca Wallace from Guernsey UK. At first I thought it was a legitimate purchase inquiry… but now I think not. Any thoughts […] Read More
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Scam Email: Corbett Bonilla
Below is an example of how scammers are using skype. Skype doesn’t make them any more legitimate. In fact, you will discover scammers always some some made-up reason for why their camera on skype is […] Read More
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Scam Email: Alex Starks
Pretty classic scam email below. So many scammers seem lately to be saying they have a store in Finland. Not sure what the preoccupation with Finland is about… Begin forwarded message: > From: Alex Starks […] Read More
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Scam Email: Simeon Ducroux
Thanks for your Art Scam blog. My partner, Liz, received one of these emails yesterday. Your blog helped us confirm our suspicions that it was a scam. Thank you so much for combatting this […] Read More
Military Scammer
Military Scammer: LT. GEN. ANDREW LESLIE
Fake-Accounts With Stolen Images From LT. GEN. ANDREW LESLIE Disclaimer: рlеаѕе understand thаt уоu аrе NOT lооkіng аt thе pictures оf people whо аrе асtuаllу scamming you! Thе people portrayed оn thеѕе photos аrе innocent men […] Read More