[sergey_osipov]

Hi,

Last night I had got the letter from Nigeria. Janel has said, that
this spam. Anybody faced with this? What distinguish spam from real
client's letter? Any commentary please?

This letter:
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From: Roseann Muller <contactroseannmuller01@yahoo.com>
Data created: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:11:20 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hello


Hello Artist,
   my name is Mrs Roseann Muller, i will like to have your works  as gifts from
your gallery for my parent who are celebrating thier 30th wedding
annivasarys , the shipping through DHL
OR FEDEX,TO NIGERIA so i will be gald to have your reply
asap :i will be glad if you can send me your website address to choose
or send me
four of your work that is availble for me to choose and the price range
from you.the price range is $800 to $1000.payment will be make by my
credit card for you to charge. Visa Or Master Card.


thanks
 

Roseann Muller.
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Sergey

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[Jim Kelso]

Well it sounds like she wants you to send four works for her to choose from. Hmmm... I think the ultimate rule should be: payment first for all work to send, with no work sent until the money is in your bank. The usual motto is,"buyer beware", but in this case I think it should be, "seller beware".

I think the trust has to come from her side as we are all dependant on our reputations for ongoing business and are exposed because of our web sites.

It sounds potentially OK, but please don't take a chance. Credit card seems like a good method without giving your bank information.

[Doug Sanders]

This is spam- a very similar letter was posted on a forum I'm on for book artists. Nigeria is the center of most spam-money making scams.
Excerpts from that discussion:

"A few weeks ago I received an email requesting pricing for clamshell
boxes and shipping...to Nigeria. It gave me pause because I could not
see an obvious scam in the request. I decided to ignore it because the
email did not seem to be addressed directly to me and because Nigeria
has a bad reputation for financial scams.


Yesterday, the individual wrote back in a more focused message and I
started trying to work out the details of the order. Still my suspicion
was high because they seemed more interested in arranging to pay me by
credit card than in specifying their order. Language seemed to be a bit
of an obstacle though and I still couldn't see how a scam would work.
An order for 50 handmade leather boxes though?! Couldn't they find a
less expensive source?


My request for advice from the US Consulate in Nigeria brought the
swift response, SCAM. They weren't specific about how it would operate,
only that the city of origin was a famed center of credit card scams.
This confirmed what my instinct was saying."

[Janel]

I had received the identical message that was sent to Sergey, likely at the same point in time, but it was addressed to a different email address.

Several sorts and versions of scam spam has come to my in box. I did some research on one that was for a retirement gift for a woman in their office. I put her name into Google and it came up within a file someone is keeping on the web for just this sort of spam. I do not even consider responding to things from Nigeria at this point and delete it.

It is very frustrating that we all have to deal with this. The learning process is something we all experience, while hardening our gentle souls to the world of deceit.

[sergey_osipov]

Janel, Jim, Doug

Thanks for helps! I think I do not want to answer this letter from
Nigeria!

Sergey
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[Jim Kelso]

Maybe they get you to go along, building your confidence, then at some point the shoe drops when your guard is down, and you make a step based on trust.

I had a similar message from China and decided not to respond, plus the usual claims to reward me if I help transfer millions of $ out of Africa.

I like our safe little haven here.

[sergey_osipov]

Yes, Jim, there is so much good clients in good countrys! No need to
grab for fishing hook with bait! But the knowledge is necessary for
protect.

Thanks for warm word!

Sergey


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