[Woodcarver] Scam Alert

[Loren Woodard]

William:

 

I order a couple of denim shirts from them.  It took quite awhile but I
finally got them.  I hole you get yours too.

 

Loren Woodard

 

From: woodcarver-bounces at carverscompanion.com
[mailto:woodcarver-bounces at carverscompanion.com] On Behalf Of WILLIAM E GRAY
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2010 8:02 PM
To: [Woodcarver]
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Scam Alert

 


Also on another alert...do not ever pay Ken or Linda Long of the tshirt
depot in advance....you will get a lot of promises and excuses but no
merchandise....they claim to be friends of woodcarvers....beware....

William E.

You are invited to view my carvings at www.picturetrail.com/williamegray

--- On Sun, 6/6/10, Marcia Berkall <whitwood at fairpoint.net> wrote:


From: Marcia Berkall <whitwood at fairpoint.net>
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Scam Alert
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>
Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010, 11:22 AM

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Wow, Ron!!  Good thing you were on the alert!  Thanks for the heads up.  We
have to be so careful!!
Marcia (aka Mush) 

At 11:56 AM 6/6/2010,Ron wrote:

I want to warn other carvers about a scam that was attempted on me.  I
received a request for a custom order for two carved doors along with a
request for the price including shipping to a specific zip code in Georgia.
The scammer specified the specific doors they wanted to order from photos on
my website.  I replied with my normal reply requesting size and swing of the
doors.  They replied to me with sizes and swing.  I spent a couple of hours
contacting the stained glass artist, door maker and shipping company to get
prices on the costs and then adding in my time to get a final price.  I take
a 50% deposit on custom orders which came to $8850. The "customer" agreed to
send the deposit check.  Everything up to this point was normal procedure
for this type of order.  I then received a check via USPS Express Mail for
$10,000.  Receiving a check for more than the requested amount is unusual
but has happened before.  The check was drawn on the account of The American
University in Bulgaria.  This along with the amount of the check raised a
red flag with me and I had my bank check the validity of the account. My
bank verified it as a valid account.  An internet search showed The American
University in Bulgaria to be a real university.  At that point I thought
that the order was probably legitimate.   With trepidation I deposited the
check with the intention that I would not start any work until the check
cleared.  Two days later I got an email from the scammer saying that the
extra amount had been a mistake and they needed $1500 back to pay the
installer for the doors and to send it Western Union immediately.  At that
point I knew it was a scam and sure enough the next day my bank notified me
that the check was a forgery.

Ron Ramsey 

http://www.carvedbyramsey.com <http://www.carvedbyramsey.com/> 

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