scam targets artists

This is a VERY common scam. It may make you feel icky but it is so pervasive that it has almost become a joke. Artists and photographers are the latest targets.
The scams almost always work the same way:
The scammer wants what you have to offer. When you respond to their query, they insist on sending you postal money orders for the item in excess of what you are offering. The deal is that you then deposit the money orders and write a check for the excess to send to their "agent." The money orders are high-quality forgeries and will take a while to be discovered, by then your check will be cashed and you will owe the bank for the worthless money orders and you will be out the amount of the check as well.
It's pretty easy to spot the scam.
1. The English is almost always poor, bad grammar, bizarre constructions, etc.
2. The scammer never seems to know the details of the item about which they are so interested. The address the item in generic terms.
3. The scammer is in a different country but wants the funds sent somewhere in this country.
If you want to have fun pretend to go through with it and then send the money orders to the FBI. I've done this before, it's kind of amusing although the scammer started calling me constantly asking me to hurry up and send the money (Nigerian sort of accent...) until I told him that I'd sent his money orders to the feds, then he hung up quickly.
Eric Tadsen
Tadsen Photography
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http://tadphoto.com