Recently I’ve been receiving an unusual amount of spam, and much of it has to do with someone trying to part me with my hard earned money. Several have to do with including my biography with a couple of images of paintings in a prestigious art book for a fee, others want an entry fee to submit to an art exhibition, and some actually try to buy art with the fake cashiers check scam. I found a website that wrote about the cashiers check scam, I’m posting the link here and recommend that all artists read “International Art Scammers Want You !”
I make it a practice to not respond to unsolicited emails and use the “delete” button often. Do business only with those you know or have thoroughly “vetted.” The internet is a global world now and anyone can make up anything and try to sell it to you. Use caution!
This blog has a great spam filter Akismet, and it keeps me informed as to how many spams a day it catches. It is one of the best. To date they have caught 40,264 spams with an overall accuracy of 99.943%. Awesome!
Gail Niebrugge, Alaska landscape painter
