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Instagram scam promises money in exchange for your image

April 19, 2023 0 Comments art, artist, bank, banking, check, drawing, fake, fraud, Instagram, muse, news, painting, payment, wire

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We take a look at a fake check scam which plugs into the art world.

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Fraudsters posed as art dealer, bilked museum for millions

February 3, 2020 0 Comments art, BEC, BEC scams, email spoofing, fraud, john constable, Law & order, painting, rijksmuseum twenthe, simon c. dickinson ltd., spoofed email

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 11:26:24 +0000

Scammers got away with a $3.1m BEC heist, art dealer and museum blame each other, and ownership of a valuable landscape is up in the air.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vWiUkpnODiM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>