# Email scam! please be aware! **URL:** \ **Category:** Shop Talk\ **Created:** [14 August 2015 20:51 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/email-scam-please-be-aware/7723 "2015-08-14T20:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayleighdixon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kayleighdixon](https://talk.folksy.com/u/kayleighdixon)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2015 20:51 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/email-scam-please-be-aware/7723/1 "2015-08-14T20:51:54Z")
Hi everyone I have just had a message sent to me directly from a gunsmith account saying they would like to buy my item, great i thought, but the replies got weird they were at sea and couldn’t pay via folksy they needed to pay via paypal and would arrange a collection agent to pick it up immediately, they said they were an oceanographer, which tied in with my photo canvas they wanted to buy, they said it was a gift for their sister as a reply. alarm bells ringing i did a quick google search seems this message has been sent via etsy folksy eBay gumtree etc etc, folksy also has it as one of their topics i almost fell for it but PLEASE be aware do not sell outside of folksy unless via a secure means and do not ship the item without doing your research if it seems dodgy. ---
**Author:** ![Louisa15](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/louisa15/32/8320_2.png) [@Louisa15](https://talk.folksy.com/u/Louisa15)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2015 20:54 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/email-scam-please-be-aware/7723/2 "2015-08-14T20:54:51Z")
sadly it’s a very well known scam, they generally go for your most expensive item. It’s very often an oceanographer, you’d think they’d try changing the story to something a little more original! Glad you didn’t fall for it. ---
**Author:** ![kayleighdixon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kayleighdixon](https://talk.folksy.com/u/kayleighdixon)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2015 20:56 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/email-scam-please-be-aware/7723/3 "2015-08-14T20:56:11Z")
I’m new to folksy and luckily I’m wired up on coffee working through orders lol! otherwise i may of fell for it, i asked on some groups on Facebook too for advice and they all pointed me in the same direction AVOID! scammers are getting so clever these days! ---
**Author:** ![EileensCraftStudio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/eileenscraftstudio/32/339_2.png) [@EileensCraftStudio](https://talk.folksy.com/u/EileensCraftStudio)\ **Post date:** [14 August 2015 21:36 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/email-scam-please-be-aware/7723/4 "2015-08-14T21:36:53Z")
yep this is a very old scam it started out on ebay a few years ago ---
**Author:** ![SashaGarrett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/sashagarrett/32/1432_2.png) [@SashaGarrett](https://talk.folksy.com/u/SashaGarrett)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2015 08:05 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/email-scam-please-be-aware/7723/5 "2015-08-15T08:05:37Z")
If you still have the original email it is worth sending it to [support@folksy.com](mailto:support@folksy.com) so that they can block the account. It doesn’t stop the scammers for long though. Sasha ---
**Author:** ![CopperandBrass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/copperandbrass/32/8214_2.png) [@CopperandBrass](https://talk.folksy.com/u/CopperandBrass)\ **Post date:** [15 August 2015 09:23 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/email-scam-please-be-aware/7723/6 "2015-08-15T09:23:53Z")
I had the same type of scam 3 yrs ago on ebay, this guy claimed he was on an oil rig in the north sea. ---
**Author:** ![carmenalkalai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbe5ce/32.png) [@carmenalkalai](https://talk.folksy.com/u/carmenalkalai)\ **Post date:** [13 February 2017 09:45 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/email-scam-please-be-aware/7723/7 "2017-02-13T09:45:51Z")
Yep me too. I sent her an extremely rude email back telling g her what I thought I’d get. Didn’t hear back. Surprise surprise!