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Has anyone gotten an email from a Mark Holland from Finland, inquiring about getting 30 or 40 metal frames made and shipped? Sounds like a scam to me....
 
I think I've gotten an email from someone by that name, and about 50 others under different names, all asking for the same thing.

It's a scam.
Ask yourself, why my little shop out of all the frameshops in the world?
Why would they order from a shop in the US, with all the shops that are closer to them?
Who orders large quantities of 30x40 metal frames with glass (and no backing, fitting, drymounting) from a little retail frame shop?
 
A VERY EEEEERY SCAM.......

Because of reading this type of thread, I had a "heads up" on a bizarre call last week which had an eeeeery twist to it:

A TDD operator calls me, says she has a deaf caller whom wants to talk to me & will interpret. Go ahead. "I am Dr. 'Carey'. I understand you are a custom picture framer." "Yes." "I am overseas and I would like to place an order for many frames. Are you interested?"

The eeery part is this......Dr. 'Carey' (I have changed the name for this publication) is my PCP (primary care physician). HOW DID THIS GUY GET HIS NAME??

I replied, "The Dr. 'Carey' I know is not deaf! This is a scam, illegal and a reportable offense!"

The TDD operator came on, "You have lost your caller."
 
I recently decided to try out J-Date, which is a Jewish online dating service, for a while. This morning I got this e-mail from a prospective "wife" --

Hello,Can I trust You
How are you doing ?.I just checked out your profile and thot i should contact you.I am new on here and Looking to meet a Honest and God fearing man,I checked through your profile and developed more interest in you.I wanna let you know more about myself and also let you know the current situation of things where I am,i feel reluctant talking about this on here but i am trusting again although I have been hurt and heart broken but I am never scared of falling in Love or trusting again cos I know the right guy is out there.. somewhere...
I am 30yrs old.i live in South San Francisco, CA with my step mom. MY Dad worked with Oil Contractors in UK and Africa including some parts of Asia. I worked with my father as his personal Auditor and we move around for his contracts whereever he is awarded.
My first boy friend, Victor Glashow, absconded with my dad's money which was kept with me after a completion of a contract in EAST london,UK. When my boy friend got absconded with the undisclosed sum of USdollars, this brought the first breakup between me and my dad, cos he thought, we had the deal together, but not knowing that I'm innocent about this.until my dad passed away....
Then when I perceived all his behaviors of his newly gotten wife, i decided to leave United State to meet a friend in west africa whom I and my Dad met during our stay there for a contract with N.N.P.C. I left because my step mom was treating me bad and I later got to know about a contract my late dad executed In west africa.so I came down to take up the money from the contract and intend getting the money over to the US and start a new life..
Now, I'm in need of your help, have gotten the enough money to run myself when I get to US, i want to come over to your end and stay with you till i can locate my mom, I don't want to live here anymore, you know I'm a foreigner here and it is absolutely dangerous for me here, so that is why i need your gesture assistance.
How i want you to help me? I have some money, which I've gotten from an over invoiced Contract renumeration executed by my dad with some contractors, so I have taken up the money from the contractors( $2.7mil) The money couldnt be wired over to the U.S or U.K so for me to be more safe, I put this money in a box and got it locked up with a security code known to me only, and I deposited the box with some of my travelling luggages with a Security and Insurance Company who render private diplomatic delivery service and i told them that the two boxes are my travelling luggage, which I want to send forth to U.S, then i paid them up their custody and security fee.
So, I want the box sent to you while i catch up with you as soon as it is been delivered to you . Every arrangement for the delivery is kinda perfect, I have obtained customs papers for private freight and there are seals on the box showing that it is a private delivery and check performed, it is free from customs checks, it will be delivered at your door step by the diplomats of the security company, you do not need to burn out to receive it. And the boxes have security codes lock known to me only, so the Boxes cannot be opened on the Way of delivery to you.
Therefore, I want you to contact me as soon as possible, so that you can make the Clearance from the Security Company as the Recipient of my Boxes. And once the box gets, I will be there with you, then we can open the box together or i will tell you the code to open it, so that you can arrange everything properly before my arrival, I am offering you 20% of the money Just to show appreciations. I will appreciate your trust towards this and hoping to hear from you and to meet you inperson. can't read messages on here so.

pamelaroger3060@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Pamela.
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So, if she were innocent of embezzling from her father's business, how did she end up with over $2million? Maybe he paid well? Anyway, we are all happy to see you have found troo luv.
 
It’s interesting that these guys are all looking for 30 x 30 (or 30 x 40) frames of any color.

A 30” x 30” frame is a good honkin’ size. But, the framers in the U.K. are also asked for 30 x 30 frames, too. If they are asking for a 30 cm. x 30 cm., that’s only 12 inches or so. The guys in Britain are getting gypped. :o
 
Scam, Mr Holland has emailed 3 times this week.


Bob
 
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