Here is the full text of an email I got last year. It is remarkably similar to one I got in fall from another man who said he was a lieutenant on board a ship patrolling waters near Kamchatka, down to the peculiar English and willingness to pay up front:
It's my pleasure reading from you, I'm so much in love with your beautiful painting,and i want to have it purchased immediately.
I'm presently on a peace keeping mission,i have limited access to internet.I would have personally appreciate to have it purchased in person and to meet with you could have also been a great privilege.
The price is totally acceptable by me,i'm sure its framed ? i will authorized a certified check payment to you immediately i can get hold of your information,I will be relocating to Mexico soon and i'm buying this particular piece for my father in law and i want it to be delivered as a surprise.Please consider the piece of the artwork sold to me.
However, You don't have to worry about shipment, my shipper will handle it.I'll notify my shipper who's helping me move my stuffs from USA,to Mexico to get set for the pickup of the piece from your address as I do not know how long i might be away inAfghanistan.
PS: In the mean time, you could forward me your full name (you want the check payable to) cell phone no. and contact address so I can authorized the certified check to you online,i will not want any delay due to my inability to get hold of the internet on a regular basis
I engaged with this guy, but eventually his insistence that I use his shipping agent instead of doing the shipping myself, despite the fact that I told him that my home is so isolated that no sane shipping agent would ever come personally to pick up the painting if there was any other way of doing it, led to me withdrawing from the deal.
After the second guy contacted me with a very similar story, I got suspicious. The lady I made the camas vest for did some research and found that this scam is fairly common. It works like this: I get a certified check or money order for the amount of my painting plus money for the shipper, and deposit it. The shipping agent asks for cash, takes it, and goes off with my painting. Then the bank notifies me that the check is counterfeit.
It's my pleasure reading from you, I'm so much in love with your beautiful painting,and i want to have it purchased immediately.
I'm presently on a peace keeping mission,i have limited access to internet.I would have personally appreciate to have it purchased in person and to meet with you could have also been a great privilege.
The price is totally acceptable by me,i'm sure its framed ? i will authorized a certified check payment to you immediately i can get hold of your information,I will be relocating to Mexico soon and i'm buying this particular piece for my father in law and i want it to be delivered as a surprise.Please consider the piece of the artwork sold to me.
However, You don't have to worry about shipment, my shipper will handle it.I'll notify my shipper who's helping me move my stuffs from USA,to Mexico to get set for the pickup of the piece from your address as I do not know how long i might be away inAfghanistan.
PS: In the mean time, you could forward me your full name (you want the check payable to) cell phone no. and contact address so I can authorized the certified check to you online,i will not want any delay due to my inability to get hold of the internet on a regular basis
I engaged with this guy, but eventually his insistence that I use his shipping agent instead of doing the shipping myself, despite the fact that I told him that my home is so isolated that no sane shipping agent would ever come personally to pick up the painting if there was any other way of doing it, led to me withdrawing from the deal.
After the second guy contacted me with a very similar story, I got suspicious. The lady I made the camas vest for did some research and found that this scam is fairly common. It works like this: I get a certified check or money order for the amount of my painting plus money for the shipper, and deposit it. The shipping agent asks for cash, takes it, and goes off with my painting. Then the bank notifies me that the check is counterfeit.
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