Tuesday, January 26, 2010

African Art Scam Alert

It's a strange feeling to be offered for sale an object that you already own - something that happened to me today. This ongoing scam is being perpetrated by a Kenyan conman.

The scammer surfs the internet for images of genuine African art and then offers these objects for sale (which he doesn't own) to collectors, via email. To entice a buyer, he offers the objects at a fraction of their true value. Buyers are asked to pay via Western Union. Obviously once payment is made, the objects are never shipped.

The scammer is presently emailing objects using the email address dugda2001@gmail.com.

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