[Jewelry making - Article 00762] - [Orchid] Nigeria Email fraud?

[Marianne Hunter]

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    Hello all...I just got a very strange email from someone in Nigeria.
    They say they would like to purchase  one of my pieces which they
    refer to by it's specific name.  They say they want the piece for an
    international exhibition that will travel to 8 nations including
    Italy and Africa . Well, I'd like to participate in an international
    exhibit for which my work is actually purchased, but that is
    certainly an unusual  scenario.  If the format of the request
    weren't so odd and if there wasn't  some well circulated chatter
    about frauds originating in Nigeria ( no offense to the wonderful
    people of Nigeria!) I might have pursued this  further right away. 
    Another odd thing was that the email contained a complete visa #
    with expiration date from some other person.  I called UPS ( they
    wanted shipping charges ups included) and asked if they'd been
    caught in the middle of any frauds of this nature and they were
    quite familiar with them.  the person I spoke with there recommended
    I call the national fraud hotline at 800-876-7060.  At the moment
    I'm letting this sit until I'm less busy and can confirm whether
    this is legitimate or not.  Don't you just hate it that you have to 
    think this way?!  Marianne


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