Wow this just happened to me. They were asking for 5 illustrations at $650 per illustration. Sounded pretty good but I was still weary of whether or not this was real. Karen claimed to be an Apraxia patient which means they will not be able to talk on the phone, although she provided a phone number. This typical scam will tell you they accidentally sent you a check for too much money and will ask you to go ahead and deposit it and send them back the difference. Usually the mention of asking for a PayPal payment and for their signature on your prepared contract will scare them away but this scammer kept replying so I decided to go down the rabbit hole to see if it was in fact real. I mean who couldn’t use $3,000 on 5 simple spot illustrations with no background? I just got so far as to draft up the contract but it looks like the same old scam. Writers/ artists beware!!!! My scammer was named Karen Gonzalez. I thought something was up once I went to my website stats and realized the person that contacted men’s IP address came from South Africa, not CA as they claimed. This article claims to have had the same scammer email them but instead offering to pay a writer per word to use for a workshop they were hosting.
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Thank you for sharing this. I was offered $850. and was suspicious. This post saved me tremendous time & frustration! Are you following up on this? Happy to help!
ReplyDeleteme too - how do we stop this?
ReplyDeleteOH BOY! I'm so glad you posted this. I almost got scamed AGAIN!. They wanted me to write an article $1 per word and even gave me an outline. Looked so legit. These guys are bad.
ReplyDeleteAgain, thank you,
Thank you for posting this. This scammer contacted me this morning. Good thing they haven't changed their name or supposed medical condition.
ReplyDeleteShe is still out there, and landed in my inbox this morning. Something seemed fishy from the start. I politely declined. You would think they would come up with something new by now....but sadly, it must work often enough for them to stick with it.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you posted this! I just received an email from this person today, asking me to write an article on an unspecified topic for an unspecified workshop. It seemed very odd to me, as it was all quite vague. A little googling, and I found your post, which confirms my suspicions. One more addition to my "blocked senders" list!
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