[Jewelry making - Article 00793] - [Orchid] Another Scam?

[Ruth Rhoten]

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Fraud from London and Africa

    I am no longer on the list, but wanted to warn others about the new
    fraud from either London or Africa. 

    I got a request to make a goldplated brass engraved sundial from a
    woman in London. She gave me details and wanted a quote. Which I sent
    to her. 

    She then decided it would be too much but would pay me for my design
    time. This was two weeks of back and forth with design corrects and
    questions. Then I started getting emails from her from Kenya, she
    was very persistant wanted to get quote asap. So I sent her the quote
    which she thought was too high, but wanted to pay me for my design
    time on the computer for the CAD set up. I charged her $75. 

    She then told me her father would be contacting me because he pays
    the bills. He emailed me to fax my bill to him and he would then
    Western Union the $75. Several days later after the fax was sent I
    got another email that stated that he was arranging for his nephew to
    who lives in Dallas, Texas to pay me by check. In the meantime a
    News Show in S.F. Ca. ran a similar story. What happened next to the
    other people was that they were sent a fraudulant check for much
    more than what they charged. 

    They deposited it into their account and then returned the extra
    amount to Africa, to find out that the orginal check was a fraud.
    They were out $6000. My check never arrived but I think, it is
    important to be aware of this. 

    I had done a search on the business in Africa where the emails were
    coming from, and it was an Ltd business. So it seems on the up and
    up. I hope to help others avoid the time and expense this scam
    takes. They work to gain your trust and then take you. 

    So aware of this fraud that is now on the web.

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