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 to establish some credibility with…
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 was sent from, etc. i…
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 websites of hundreds of thousands…
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 almost word for word the…
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 would be appreciated, thanks, Matthew…
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 NOT working but okay to…
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 [alexgreatlife@aol.com] > Subject: order >…
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 scourge! Kind regards Brian Email…
Kathleen, You are a life saver. Below is my correspondence with one of your known scam artists. I felt like it was going to turn into a legit sale until the last exchange. That’s when I googled her name and…
Hi Kathleen Thank goodness I found your website! I had a bad feeling about this whole situation and I was obviously right. I feel such a fool to have been taken in by them. I am now going to cease…
Odds are that I, too, am going to receive scam emails directly to my email account, even as I spend so much of my time and energy trying to expose scammers. But scammers don’t care – it’s a numbers game…
Hi Kathleen I unfortunately got my hopes up for a few minutes in these dry and difficult times that this was a genuine enquiry but no? its a scammer. Its hard to believe they will actually spend the time looking…
Hi Kathleen, Thanks for your blog. Below is an email I received today. I was skeptical but pretty convinced once I got the response. From: Tim Patty [timmypatty@yahoo.com] Date: Wed, May 22, 2015 at 8:55 AM Subject: PAinter Needed To:…
type=”html”>Dear Kathleen, I could not find a way to reach you through your Art Scam Blog, so I hope this is an appropriate channel. I wanted to thank you for being instrumental in helping me to prevent being scammed. When…
This is an email received about “Google Corporation®” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Good day Sir You have successfully…
This is an email received about “ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC)” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Email Scam…
This is an email received about “Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)” is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. DIPLOMATIC…
This is an email received about Paypal is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Letter 1: Dear PayPal Customer, During…
This is an email received about Paypal is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Dear Valued Customer, Unauthorized access has…
This is an email received about Paypal is a phishing scam and why not try to contact these people or log onto these sites and enter your data because you risk being stolen. Dear Valued Customer, Unauthorized access…
