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Something has come to my attention that I feel I must pass on to you all in a "heads up" sort of message. This isn't to frighten you, but to make you aware so you don't fall for this.

If you get contacted at Webshots (Flickr, Photobucket, or any other photo site) by an unknown person asking for you to e-mail them because they need help, please be aware that you are being targeted for a scam, one of the oldest on the net.

There are some people who have joined Webshots (and most likely other photo sites as well) in order to leave messages for real members. They don't have any photos online, and don't intend to ever have photos there. The messages they post in the comments section of other peoples photos ask for you to e-mail them to possibly assist them with a problem. If you e-mail them you get a reply, but it is a "Nigerian Letter Scam" e-mail. One of my Webshots friends got such a letter. This time supposedly from someone from Sierra Leone rather than Nigeria, but it's the same scam.

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The best thing you can do to protect yourself is to not reply to anyone who doesn't have photos on their photo page, and don't e-mail anyone at these sites who asks you to do so.

Thanks for reading. This messages has done it's job if it helps at least one person avoid falling for a scam. Debra in VA See my quilts at:

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I recently joined QuiltShow.com, posted a quilt picture, and immediately got two sort of creepy emails. The first was just a "love your quilt" sort of thing, the second said it was intriguing and asked "was it difficult". Now, this is a two-color storm at sea quilt, not something really exotic or even uncommon. I didn't respond to either, because they both struck me as trolls. I could be totally wrong, but I guess I can live with being thought of as unfriendly if that's the case.

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TinaR

I kind of agree with you in this case. There are many relatively new quilters on The Quilt Show site and it's quite possible they wouldn't recognize basic patterns, or would wonder how long a certain quilt might take.

You don't have to answer their e-mails from your own e-mail address. The safest way would be to go to their profile on the Quilt Show. You'd learn a little about them, and could send a message though the e-mail function there, because that doesn't give away your own e-mail address.

I've answered all the messages I've gotten from other quilters >I dunno, Tina ... I've posted some simple patterns at my sites and gotten

Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia

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