I told him that I wouldn’t begin with the prints until the check or money order cleared my bank. He stopped writing and I have not heard anything since.

Let’s get the work out about this!

Darrin

Hello Izabela
Thanks so much for your reply and for taking time to read and reply my email,it means so much to me,also regarding the prints that i need in size 16×20 inches,they are listed below and i have copied a link/location of where the prints are so all you need to do is to copy the link and open it on your browser,so please check them out and give me more information’s on them and also availability/price/framing etc,also i am so sorry that my response to your email came late it was because of dad,he has been so sick and i had to take care of him

Secondly as regards the shipment of the prints that would be taken care of by my private shipment broker because i have had some bad experiences in the past with the couriers and postal agencies,also he has some other items in the US to pick up for me for shipment so he told me that his agent in the states would come over to your place to pick up the prints as soon as you have received payment,so in order for this to be possible i would be needing your phone numbers inclusive of mobile and your full mailing address for the shipment broker
Finally as i said earlier in my previous email payment would be remitted to you via a check or money drawn in USD funds from a US financial institution on my behalf,so i would be needing the name to be written on the payment and the full mailing address for it to be sent to,so thanks so much for taking time to read this email and i am so happy that you appreciate me in as much as i do appreciate your works,hope to read from you so that we can proceed asap
regards
Jamie

Jamie Goodie
76-85 Emscote Road,
Warwick CV34 5QG
United Kingdom
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It’s exactly what Debbie received, even address is the same! Photographers should know about this!
Izabela

You’re right that this type of scam has to be working on someone. Maybe we’re in the wrong line of work and we should be in the “e-mail business”. :-)

I wonder how many people fall for the e-mail scams about (i) someone in another country having millions of dollars and they need help to move the cash, or (ii) someone in another country has died and left them millions of dollars.

But there is a scam that *is* working:

People receive an e-mail from a friend claiming the friend has been robbed while vacationing in another country. The friend has lost all cash, credit cards and passport. The friend urgently needs $500 sent to them and they’ll pay it back as soon as they get home.

This scam happens when someone’s e-mail account is hacked and the scammer gets hold of that person’s list of contacts.

“Hello Debbie
Thanks so much for your reply and for taking time to read and reply my email,it means so much to me,also regarding the prints that i need in size 16×20 inches,they are listed below and i have copied a link/location of where the prints are so all you need to do is to copy the link and open it on your browser,so please check them out and give me more information’s on them and also availability/price/framing etc,also i am so sorry that my response to your email came late it was because of dad,he has been so sick and i had to take care of him

Secondly as regards the shipment of the prints that would be taken care of by my private shipment broker because i have had some bad experiences in the past with the couriers and postal agencies,also he has some other items in the US to pick up for me for shipment so he told me that his agent in the states would come over to your place to pick up the prints as soon as you have received payment,so in order for this to be possible i would be needing your phone numbers inclusive of mobile and your full mailing address for the shipment broker
Finally as i said earlier in my previous email payment would be remitted to you via a check or money drawn in USD funds from a US financial institution on my behalf,so i would be needing the name to be written on the payment and the full mailing address for it to be sent to,so thanks so much for taking time to read this email and i am so happy that you appreciate me in as much as i do appreciate your works,hope to read from you so that we can proceed asap
regards
Nigel

Nigel coker
76-85 Emscote Road,
Warwick CV34 5QG
United Kingdom”

We get these types of inquiries all the time, including one bold fellow from Seattle who actually sent us a counterfeit check! He placed an order online to pay via check and it never arrived. When we emailed him to notify him that we don’t even start an order until the payment clears he sent a fake check. It must work on somebody or they wouldn’t go through all the effort.