Glenn Michael Morley

FRAUDSTERS

as with most artists here I am sure you have had your fair share of fraudulent activity - it takes a certain type of person and personality to engage in such activity - it seems to me that there are strong undercurrents of a sceptical cynic who is likely someone who is a failed artist and they target those successful artists on here who they deem to be more successful than themselves - in order to attempt to assert their self-deluded belief in their superiority they send fraudulent messages to those artists they themselves inwardly aspire to be like but have failed miserably to attain - they outwardly display high levels of bitterness and jealousy towards others who are more successful than they - their insecurity leads them to devise what they consider intelligent schemes to otherwise "dupe" legitimate artists in a sad attempt to make-up for their obvious artistic short-comings - all-in-all it comes down to pathetic attempts to try to outwit and out-hustle legitimate artists - the easiest way we can all protect ourselves from such deviance is to do plenty of research whenever an inquiry to purchase your work comes calling - read up on Art Majeur's comments and do a lot of Google research on the latest fraud schemes being used on PayPal - Certified Checks and other methods of payments to ensure you are not a victim of the failed artist - it is not good to be too cynical and jump to conclusions but I would suggest most inquiries on Art Majeur are fraudulent - I do believe there are legitimate inquiries as well but before you get carried away - do your homework - I tend to look at it like this - in an indirect way if they are trying to steal your work it is a compliment that they value it so highly - but for them the ultimate pay-off is to lead an artist into a fraudulent transaction whereby they have led you to release your work and the funding trail is a water bucket full of holes - if you do suspect something better to be cautious than overly optimistic - if it sounds fishy - smells fishy - tastes fishy - it most likely IS fishy - ask the buyer a lot of questions about themselves - their address - their interests in your work - have they purchased other artists work online - does their IP location match their stated city location etc ...