mandy thomas 07 Jan 2009

i have had art copied and sold in america...one of my art friends was in a hotel in the states and new of my work and was shocked to see a printed version of my painting ,enlarged ,on the lobby wall !!!!! he took a photo and sent it to me !!! what can you say ? exposure ....yet not !!! as my name obviously was not on it !!! i got paranoid for a while and stopped putting my art on the net in such detailed shots. then i started putting copyright words over the pics.word has got around what i do now portraits mainly and animals so i just display those and sold pics. there are so many cons in the world makes me sick....but we must not stop what we do as artists....most of us are caring not gullible......we are the ones trying to add colour light and love to the world.......without art the world would be a grey morbid sad place....long may you all reign

ArtWanted.com Staff 08 Jan 2009

We ask that everyone forward these suspicious e-mails to our staff at [email protected] so we can look into them. We do receive some, however it sounds like there are more going around that we don't get.

Maria Richard 08 Jan 2009

Add to your black list Robin Dierkes([email protected]) The first mail: "Hello Maria,

Robin Dierkes I am moving to my new apartment and i will need the following Cloudbuster artworks, compassion and Bloody Mary

Let me know if it is still available for sale, the last price and it's present condition.send me its pictures. shipping expenses will be taken care of by me. My pleasure to contact you once again

I will be looking forward to your response on how to proceed. Robin Dierkes "

the second mail: "The shipper will be the one that will come for the pick up after the check is clear into your accounts. I will include the shipping expenses which you will have to remit to the shipping agent to prepare all export related documents and insurance for the shipment since they do there received direct payment from seller to know the transaction is legitimate and to know is not a stolen item . I hope you have all the necessary documents and papers for the artworkKindly get back to me with your home contact address to send the check payment too. "

Kelli Carter 28 Jan 2009

Hi Everyone, I haven't been on here much and to my surprise started reading this thread. I got a similar email myself in Sept. I replied with a very over inflated price for my work and got suspicious when they didn't ask for the size of the art work. I wrote to ArtWanted and let them know that I thought I was being scammed and sent them a copy of my emails. They told me nothing and said to proceed with caution...great advice there!....I trusted my gut and didn't respond at all to the buyer....after reading all this...thank goodness I did.

Here's my emails:

Re: Regarding your Painting? From: Opeyemi Jaiyeoba ([email protected]) Sent: Wed 9/10/08 7:14 PM To: [email protected]

Hello,

The shipper will be the one that will come for the pick up after the

Check is clear into your accounts. I will include the shipping expenses which you will have to remit to the shipping agent to prepare all export related document and insurance for the shipment since they do received there payment direct from seller to know the transactions is legitimate and to know is not a stolen items. I hope you have all the necessary documents and papers for the artwork.

The moving company will contact you regarding the pick up time because they are also moving all my properties down to France

Kindly get back to me with your full name, home address and phone number so that i could issue out the payment as soon as possible

I Shall look forward to your reply.

Warm Regards, Ola

--- On Wed, 9/10/08, [email protected] wrote:

From: [email protected] Subject: Re: Regarding your Painting To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 9:45 PM

? Dear Ola, Thank you for your interest in my two paintings. I am in the process of considering several offers on these and other works of mine. The starting offer on the Blue Bottle is $565.00 and on the Snow Flake $350.00. I will get back to you in 48 hours with the firm price. I do not accept travelers checks and will conduct the sale through Artworks.com. Please let me know if you are still interested. Sincerely, Kelli Carter ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 11:32 AM Subject: Regarding your Painting

This message was sent by Ola ([email protected]) via ArtWanted.com:

Kelli,

I will be happy to have these selected artworks Blue Bottle and I love Winter! hanged in our new home. What are the prices? We are traveling from our USA home to our new apartment in Belgium ASAP.

On Payment,I will like to pay you in US travelers checks that can be easily cashed at your bank,Please let me know on how to pay for the artworks.

I will be looking forward to your response on how to proceed.

Take Care, Ola.

---------------------- NOTE: This message was sent by an anonymous user on our site who typed in the sender's name and email address. This information is not verified and could be incorrect or false.

If this e-mail appears to be an art scam or unsolicited spam, please report it to us by forwarding the e-mail to [email protected] - Thank You

Kelli Carter 28 Jan 2009

Hi Everyone, I haven't been on here much and to my surprise started reading this thread. I got a similar email myself in Sept. a few days after I opened my account here. I replied with a very over inflated price for my work and got suspicious when they didn't ask for the size of the art work. I wrote to ArtWanted and let them know that I thought I was being scammed and sent them a copy of my emails. They told me nothing and said to proceed with caution...great advice there!....I trusted my gut and didn't respond at all to the buyer....after reading all this...thank goodness I did.

The emails came from [email protected] and he/she said him/her name was Ola.

Hello,

The shipper will be the one that will come for the pick up after the

Check is clear into your accounts. I will include the shipping expenses which you will have to remit to the shipping agent to prepare all export related document and insurance for the shipment since they do received there payment direct from seller to know the transactions is legitimate and to know is not a stolen items. I hope you have all the necessary documents and papers for the artwork.

The moving company will contact you regarding the pick up time because they are also moving all my properties down to France

Kindly get back to me with your full name, home address and phone number so that i could issue out the payment as soon as possible

I Shall look forward to your reply.

Warm Regards, Ola

I wrote back: ? Dear Ola, Thank you for your interest in my two paintings. I am in the process of considering several offers on these and other works of mine. The starting offer on the Blue Bottle is $565.00 and on the Snow Flake $350.00. I will get back to you in 48 hours with the firm price. I do not accept travelers checks and will conduct the sale through Artworks.com. Please let me know if you are still interested. Sincerely, Kelli Carter

email from buyer:

Kelli,

I will be happy to have these selected artworks Blue Bottle and I love Winter! hanged in our new home. What are the prices? We are traveling from our USA home to our new apartment in Belgium ASAP.

On Payment,I will like to pay you in US travelers checks that can be easily cashed at your bank,Please let me know on how to pay for the artworks.

I will be looking forward to your response on how to proceed.

Take Care, Ola.

---------------------- NOTE: This message was sent by an anonymous user on our site who typed in the sender's name and email address. This information is not verified and could be incorrect or false.

If this e-mail appears to be an art scam or unsolicited spam, please report it to us by forwarding the e-mail to [email protected] - Thank You

marlene burns 10 Feb 2009

check with craig's list and ebay's scam alerts...they stay on top of most of the internet purchase scams.

Lee Bennett 10 Feb 2009

So if someone for instance every wanted to buy my paintings they would have a hard time. I don't believe in scamming anyone so tell me if you could the best way to get noticed and be safe making money.

marlene burns 15 Feb 2009

stay local is the safest. you get a check from their local bank and can verify funds before you lose your art...or cash....does anyone still have any? LOCAL is why craig's list is successful....

John D Harmon 03 Mar 2010

I just got the following e-mail from a potential scammer today. I did e-mail him back with the obligatory "I only accept payments via PayPal" spiel, but I had a feeling he was a low-life. I doubt he'll respond.

-------- Original Message -------- Subject:"Spring" - Oil and Gold/Copper Leaf on Canvas - 2009 and "Autumn" - Oil and Gold/Copper Leaf on Canvas - 2009 From: Gray Martin Witt; [email protected] Date: Wed, March 03, 2010 1:14 pm

Hello,

It was great reading and seeing your "Spring" - Oil and Gold/Copper Leaf on Canvas - 2009 and "Autumn" - Oil and Gold/Copper Leaf on Canvas - 2009 for Sale on www.artwanted .i would like to make a purchase as i'm really interested in it. Let me know the last price and if it still available for sale and it's present condition let me know if you are the real owner, and send me pics ,as for the Shipping i will take care of that through a pick up and it will be ship to my house address South Wales, NY 14139

Hope to hear from you Gray.

jerry carlin 03 Mar 2010

This is so cool, isn't it? I got one too! They wanted to buy a double entry gate, about 20 feet wide and 7 feet tall, very complex gate for about $12,000!!! I e-mailed them back requesting the exact measurements since normally the gate posts are installed before the gate is made. This entry weighs about 600 pounds!!! They e-mailed me back saying they didn't care how big the gate was, just needed my bank info to send me a check! Dream job, huh?

Beatrix Jahn 07 Mar 2010

I received an inquirey on another site last year. Suspected something was wrong and talked to Nelly about it. She WAS so cool! She Googled the address they sent and it turned up in Google Earth, right smack in the middle of a National Park ;-)) so much for that!

nadine g 16 Jun 2010

:( oh dear... so does anyone actually sell their art from this site to bona fide buyers??? i've never attempted to sell but was feeling tempted but hesitating. selling locally is not an option for me...

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