Art buyer

I am almost sure this is a scam. Have received questions about buying art earlier but then they wanted to use their own transporter. I answered the first email and asked for address to send to, and got this answer... and they want my Skype number!??

Scam or? thankful for help
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13 feb 2012 kl. 13.41 skrev Lawrence Gibson:
Hello,
Am highly delighted in your art and am interested in the piece of your work that i add on the subject.

Kindly tell me the details of the piece and their price and let me know if you still have them available for purchase because am really interested in purchasing them.

I will be waiting for your response,
Best Regards,
Lawrence.
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Hi Inger,
Thank you for your response, Am very happy to read from you regarding the details and the price of the piece.

Now that you have informed me their price, the price is OK by me and i will like to know how urgent you can ship them to me, yes i live in Hastings Road Rolvenden Cranbrook Kent TN17 4PL United Kingdom.
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Regarding the mode of payment i will like to know the type of method of payment you want, i can make the payment available by Money Order or by Check, so kindly let me know the one you choose in other for me to be able to make the payment available.

Meanwhile i hope you are on Skype, i will like to know your Skype user ID in other for us to talk and proceed regarding to this purchase on Skype here is my phone number in a case you wish to talk to me on phone +447024033040.

I will be waiting for your response,

Lawrence.
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[AlanJones]

From the look of it, this is a overpayment scam. The scammer will send you a fake cheque or money order for more than the value of the items he is buying and ask you to send the balance on to his shipper who will be collecting the item on his behalf.

The cheque will initially clear at your bank (usually after 3 - 5 days) and you will think that it is safe to send the money on to the shipper (who is just the scammer again). However, what will happen is that eventually, the banks will discover that the cheque is fake and claim the money back from you and levy charges for doing so. This will leave you down the amount paid to the shipper.

Welcome to Scamwarners, inger!

Header Analysis Quick Report<br>Originating IP: 41.138.176.36<br>Originating ISP: Visafone Communications Limited<br> City: Lagos<br>Country of Origin: Nigeria<br>* For a complete report on this email header goto ipTRACKERonline

Very strange how your "art buyer" lives in the UK, but sent you an email from Nigeria. He also is using a "redirect" number. It appears to be a UK number, but can be redirected to anywhere in the world. Very popular with scammers. Yes, this is definitely a scam.
Thank-you for posting. You have left some valuable information here that could help to save other potential victims.

Hi inger,

as said by Alan and Helen, this is definite scam.
Do not give real life details, drop contacts with him.

Be cautions if you receive cheques from people you do not know:

The scammer will send you a fake cheque or money order for more than the value of the items he is buying and ask you to send the balance on to his shipper who will be collecting the item on his behalf.

This can leave you prosecuted for money laundering.

Thanks friends

I just got this email from
Karl avdek
[email protected]

-THIS IS A SCAM!-
Good Day,

Am highly delighted in your art and am interested in the piece of your
work that i add on the subject.

Email me if you still have them available for purchase and also
include their price.

I will be waiting for your response,

Best Regards,

Karl.
-THIS IS A SCAM!-

he also has some fake blogs connected with his fake identity but they each only have one post and are clearly fabricated. PLEASE DONT BE FOOLED