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

It is a scam. It has been around for quite a while. Don't give it another thought.

Scott

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On Sep 3, 2010, at 2:11 PM, James Dunn 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.
>
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