It's a scam, right?

[offcntr]

I've been getting emails with Christmas orders ever since my last Web update. I note them in my orders list, reply with a timeline and price, and add them to my throwing list. Easy peasy.

Then yesterday, this one arrived:

Greetings Sir/Ma,
I am interested in the attached ceramic.
Below is the attachment
Kindly respond if you still have it.
Many thanks.





[generic male name]

Tel: [redacted, Massachusetts area code]

[redacted]@GMAIL.COM

Googling the text, name or phone number was useless, because Google has become so shitty. Attempts to look for new scam alerts brought up the same useless clickbait sites.

The photo is definitely one of mine, but it's not on my website, blog or Instagram, nor is it featured in the Childhood's End Gallery site. Finally located it in the jury photos in my Zapplication portfolio, though it's now a png, and weirdly cropped. Scam, right?

ETA: A reverse image search also turned it up in my Saturday Market Artist's Profile. Think I'll let them know.

Comments

[james]

It reads as a very generic letter and unless you are desperate to make a sale I would ignore it. (The fact they don't even say what kind of ceramic it is they are wanting makes me suspicious.)

[offcntr]

And the format is weirdly Nigerian Prince style. I mean, what contemporary American uses "Tel:" in their emails?

[james]

Now if you wanted to, you could just give me access to your bank account and cut out the middleman. (Although maybe Denise would consider *me* the middleman in this scenario...)