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Published: 2010-02-10 02:41:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 1308; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 41
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The Queen of the Weeds"I'll take Lucero, I love it's feeling,
the colors are marvelous" she said,
It came out of the blue,
one morning last week,
and the gal went on how she really liked my work
had seen it in a gallery somewhere,
as it turns out
she wrote a lot of confusing scrambled egg talk,
and then she really went for it saying,
"It seems I am pregnant,
it's quite a shock,
and I am in London for my twin sister's wedding,
she's marrying an old beau of mine,
I'll be back in a few days,
I'm from New Jersey
but we're moving to Johannesburg, South Africa,
my husband is in transit at the moment
but he will contact you about payment,
just send me all your information
and we can get the ball rolling,"
a lot of unnecessary information I felt,
I thought with all that going on,
she wants to buy a painting?
me thinks not,
I smell a scam, a ruse and a con,
so decided I'd ride out her little scheme
till she disappears into the wild world weeds
maybe shake her up a bit
before she high-tails it out of my life,
to think
a scammer trying to scam a scammer
what a world we live in
Beautiful
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what a great experience
they never tire of thinking up the most imaginative stories. as i am not in danger of accepting their funny offers or give any data, i can just sit back and enjoy those mails - hahaha. real good this one.
overload.
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Indeed. I used to do that a lot,
and yes I have painted a wall or 20+.
After schooling I paid my dues painting walls all over San Francisco and to make a living. No much more fun to do it on canvas or paper.
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never lose the fun factor!
be it work or play.
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true blue as you said
the fun factor remains and is the constant
it's often what is left when all else fails in painting,
even talent
thanks
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many thanksss
that one was another surprise
as it sat around and never really looked at it much
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Amazing, I love the words that go with it as well. I really like how you divided this painting into two pieces, and the abstract title makes me think of being high in the sky looking down into an ocean.
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The story came from a recent email exchange with conman/woman.
I knew there was a poem in that 2 day experience.
it started as a single painting, but soon realized it would work as a diptych.
does have that aerial view feel
appreciate what you said
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It sounded authentic, however unfortunate it might have been
You're welcome of course, it was my pleasure
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well I wrote her back with the intention of selling her the painting, in case it was legitimate.
then she finally asked for my banking info/account numbers and then it was pretty clear it a was a scam.
You never give that info out to strangers.
But it was amusing. her tale just got stranger and stranger.
last email i said
send me piks of you at the wedding.
cool you enjoyed
best from the west
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lol, sounds like quite a 'conversation.'
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it was fun...got some great story ideas out of it
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a good take on that
many thanks
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beautiful is the painting
and fun words
made me smile big time, the ending.
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very much appreciated,
thanks
and it is a true story
I had thoughts
10% it was real
but 90% was the scam was on.
I had seen similar come ons with funds available in some country in Africa and all you had to do was give them your banking info and you can partake in a fortune.
Just never saw with someone faking wanting to buy a painting.
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oh my
yes, i get these kind of emails too
indeed very original about buying a painting!
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More like a serious fraud with the fakery and manipulation of supposedly buying a painting, in the end of all these internet come-ons is the same, the fact they want your banking account numbers and to supposedly wire you money. Then they have you.
I saw through it from the start, of course i hoped it was real, but the gal bullshitted so much, that it was almost amusing to me. Truth is, I fear many artists, ones that may be desperate for a sale, or just believe the nice email they receive and think they are selling a painting to some kind collector will fall for this old con. They tell you a great story,praise you and many will inevitably fall for this scam and get ripped off.
Sadly artist may be the most vulnerable to this scam.
I never heard from her again after I emailed her my normal way of doing business with strangers, I would only ship a painting to her if she sent me a bank certified check for the total amount of the work and shipping expenses. Once funds are for sure clear, meaning check is good, I would ship painting.
I knew that would make her disappear.
Plus the 'she' was most likely a 'he,' and sitting somewhere in Central Africa or Russia.
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Been doing this for awhile, so I even take the same care with a legitimate collectors. But this one stunk of a scam from the first. I have sold hundreds of paintings in my life and there was something wrong with her approach.
But of course i wanted it to be real. Thousands of dollars were being discussed. But most are real, but this one was not.
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disappointing indeed - but like you say, it's not your first sale, and I'm sure it won't be the last
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true
there is always another sale
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that looks excellent
and the winner is always the cat
thanks so much
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you're most welcome!
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