HI All:
Is there a central clearing-house of known art scammers?
I know Artists for Conservation had a members-only page with a
listing of suspected and confirmed scammers of people trying to
scam fine art. But they said it has not been transferred to
their new website.
I was not a victim, but I was corresponding with a potential
buyer via email. They were good, real good. It was quite like
many of the other clients and folks who have purchased. Very
businesslike, cordial, no strange grammar or misspellings :)
However, they did give themselves away and that's when it went
to Red Alert. I'm now reporting the case to the Arizona
Attorney General's office. There was good advice on the Federal
Trade Commission's site.
It seems to me that a list of scammers would helpful to us
independent artists. How are we to know? Is it something
illegal about posting their names and emails? might be tricky.
If anyone knows of a place, I think the more of us that know
about it the better. It may be that people are embarrassed that
they might be scammed, or actually scammed, and then we never
know about it.
Thank you,
Linda
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