# Possible scam email! **URL:** \ **Category:** Shop Talk\ **Created:** [4 April 2017 09:28 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/possible-scam-email/13667 "2017-04-04T09:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbabs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@bbabs](https://talk.folksy.com/u/bbabs)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2017 09:28 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/possible-scam-email/13667/1 "2017-04-04T09:28:46Z")
Just received this email and wanted to let you all know about it. Funnily enough the lady would like me to donate my most expensive item. Not to sure if it is genuine or not but will not be donating as I prefer to choose my own charities and good causes. Folksy Hello, You have received the following message from achildmindingmummy. To respond, simply reply to this email and your message will be sent directly to the sender’s email address: [lotte\_g@hotmail.co.uk](mailto:lotte_g@hotmail.co.uk) Please note that by replying to the message, your email address will be shared with the recipient. More information. The user was viewing the following item when they sent the message: Chevron crochet baby blanket Feature and Giveaway Hi my names Lotte and i have a Youtube channel - [youtube.com/achildmindingmummy](http://youtube.com/achildmindingmummy) I will be hosting a giveaway my the channel once it reaches 500 Subscribers, to help with this i was hoping you might be interested in donating something towards it and in return have it and your company featured in a video on my channel. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Many thanks Lotte Graham A Childminding Mummy ---
**Author:** ![JOYSofGLASS](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/joysofglass/32/244459_2.png) [@JOYSofGLASS](https://talk.folksy.com/u/JOYSofGLASS)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2017 10:05 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/possible-scam-email/13667/2 "2017-04-04T10:05:05Z")
500 reach ? Must be joking. Mind you I wouldn’t even respond to anything like this for a 50,000 reach. ---
**Author:** ![coatimundi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/coatimundi/32/306_2.png) [@coatimundi](https://talk.folksy.com/u/coatimundi)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2017 10:25 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/possible-scam-email/13667/3 "2017-04-04T10:25:26Z")
I’ve just googled achildmindingmummy and it’s a real person, seemingly quite popular. I don’t think it’s a scam as such, just a bit of a cheek ( although you could get a bit of publicity ). ---
**Author:** ![curiousseagull](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/curiousseagull/32/4383_2.png) [@curiousseagull](https://talk.folksy.com/u/curiousseagull)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2017 13:31 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/possible-scam-email/13667/4 "2017-04-04T13:31:42Z")
I instantly ignore things like that if they’re lazy and haven’t even quickly checked over it to make sure it at least actually makes sense. Haha I know a lot of things like that are fake - but if it’s real I think it’s incredibly cheeky. And yeah- a 500 reach is totally not worth it. :-/ ---
**Author:** ![bbabs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@bbabs](https://talk.folksy.com/u/bbabs)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2017 13:56 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/possible-scam-email/13667/5 "2017-04-04T13:56:44Z")
Thanks for the replies thought it was incredibly cheeky too. Xxx ---
**Author:** ![RhiannonRoseJewellery](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/rhiannonrosejewellery/32/7754_2.png) [@RhiannonRoseJewellery](https://talk.folksy.com/u/RhiannonRoseJewellery)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2017 15:36 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/possible-scam-email/13667/6 "2017-04-04T15:36:41Z")
Wow, some of the kids I teach have youtube channels with way more reach than that! ---
**Author:** ![beadedgarden](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/folksy/user_avatar/talk.folksy.com/beadedgarden/32/980_2.png) [@beadedgarden](https://talk.folksy.com/u/beadedgarden)\ **Post date:** [4 April 2017 17:23 UTC](https://talk.folksy.com/t/possible-scam-email/13667/7 "2017-04-04T17:23:30Z")
I did reply, gently pointing out that this was against Folksy rules and got a nice response 🙂