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morgainaI got this email:
Good Morning and how are you doing? I am Ralph Baldwin i would like to know if you
do portrait painting , i have a picture of my friend that just got married, but i
was not around for their wedding, so i want you to help me paint the picture of the
couple i want to present it to them as a gift please Advise how long would it take
you to get this done.. i have the specification of what i want below. and also
advise if you accept credit cards
Frame size: 18"x24" (45cm x 60cm)
What ever question you need please feel free to ask me via email
Thank you
Best Regards
Ralph
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Does it seem like a scam?
Its abbreviated text seems scamy? But some people just aren't erudite writers.
He may have gotten my business card from one of the places I show, but why does he is asking a potter rather than a painter? Am I the only artist he knows of, or did he see one of the very few drawings I've displayed?
I could possibly do the commission, but won't, as I“m not a painter I would take so long and struggle so hard I would loose money and gain frustration. So if this is legit, I would pass it along to one of my painter friends. But it would be terrible if it scammed them. My art club gals aren't as cynical as I am ;-)
Good Morning and how are you doing? I am Ralph Baldwin i would like to know if you
do portrait painting , i have a picture of my friend that just got married, but i
was not around for their wedding, so i want you to help me paint the picture of the
couple i want to present it to them as a gift please Advise how long would it take
you to get this done.. i have the specification of what i want below. and also
advise if you accept credit cards
Frame size: 18"x24" (45cm x 60cm)
What ever question you need please feel free to ask me via email
Thank you
Best Regards
Ralph
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Does it seem like a scam?
Its abbreviated text seems scamy? But some people just aren't erudite writers.
He may have gotten my business card from one of the places I show, but why does he is asking a potter rather than a painter? Am I the only artist he knows of, or did he see one of the very few drawings I've displayed?
I could possibly do the commission, but won't, as I“m not a painter I would take so long and struggle so hard I would loose money and gain frustration. So if this is legit, I would pass it along to one of my painter friends. But it would be terrible if it scammed them. My art club gals aren't as cynical as I am ;-)
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Date: 2015-11-22 01:55 am (UTC)I wouldn't feel confident about passing the supposed job on to a friend, so it wont go any farther. I've gotten some scam emails before aimed at artists. Artists are so vulnerable, so desperate to show their work they often don't pay attention to important details.
I keep telling the other ladies in my art group that the City of Moscow is scamming them, as it constantly has these ‘Opportunities‘ for them/us to do free art for the City. But I am a voice crying in the Wilderness over that one.