Re: [artshow_photo] I think this is a scam.

1:26 PM |

Hi,

I 100% positively without a doubt not even a little am absolutely sure and
right that this is a scam. Do yourself a favor, put it on the wall and
frame it. :)

This is one of the oldest check scams in the book. If you track down the
bank that the check is written from, they'll probably tell you that due to
privacy reasons they can't talk to you about the account. But, you might
get someone who would tell you the account has been closed for a while and
they have fraudulent checks come through on it periodically.

Thanks!

Mike

On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:11 PM, James Dunn <denanjums@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>
>
> I got an email from a someone claiming to be a woman who
> wished to buy three of my images - $950 worth, However,
> she and her husband are moving from Seattle to London
> England and want the shipping company to get the images
> in the shipment of household goods.
> So I say OK. Today a check for $3500 arrives via
> Fed Ex. And her email - "oops" her husband got confused
> and added the shipping company's payment to mine and sent
> it to me by mistake. Could I deposit the check in my bank account
> and give the extra to the shipper for her ?
>
> How many of you think
> 1. This check is any good
> 2. The shipper will demand cash
> 3. No one cares about the images.
>
> Additional info. Fed Ex overnight letter sent from
> New Jersey by someone who's name has never
> appeared in the conversation so far.
> The check is supposedly written on an account
> belonging to a company in Houston Tx. and drawn
> on a bank in Minnesota.
>
> I think I'll frame this check and put it on the wall.
>
>