Beware of scam "buyers" (painters, paintings, artist, artwork)

[Cida]

Another version of online scams.



These painters regret their dealings with scam artists
It seemed too good to be true — and it was.
What happened next followed a pattern seen in nearly a dozen attempts at defrauding artists of their paintings and money.
https://artdaily.com/news/155532/The...s#.ZCD28MrMJD8

[Kayekaye]

I get these art scam emails. I belong to a well known art group in my region, they must have used that list to email me. Never believed it for one minute. “I’ve seen your artwork and would like to buy one as a surprise for my husband (wife). My budget is $400 to $5,000….” Never mentioned WHICH artwork they saw or what they would like.

[stephenMM]

Scamming people is a time honored tradition in the arts. I remember when the Italian police found a truck that had something like 5,000 blank sheets of paper in it w/ only Miro's signature on them. All you'd need to do is have an artist make Miro-like images on them and there you go. You'd feel safe buying them because the signature was authentic.