[Woodcarver] Scam Alert

[WILLIAM E GRAY]

Hello Loren
I hope so too....but the run  around I've been getting doesn't sound to good. This delay tactic has been going on since the Dayton Show last year.

William E.



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

--- On Sun, 6/6/10, Loren Woodard <lorenwoodard at charter.net> wrote:

From: Loren Woodard <lorenwoodard at charter.net>
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] Scam Alert
To: "'[Woodcarver]'" <woodcarver at carverscompanion.com>
Date: Sunday, June 6, 2010, 9:02 PM

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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 

   



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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 
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