Meet Lovely Artist..

January Featured EtsyBloggers is NicoDesigns.. Erika, the owner of this lovely shop, is the great artist who makes many lovely items in her shop.. If you have never visited this shop, I recommend you to go to her shop immediately..

Here are some lovely items, I love.. (Erika’s pincushions are so adorable!!!)

(This mouse is so CUTE!!!! and the mail box too….)

This is the lovely doll Erika made.. so unique and so cute!!!

I got a SCAM!!!

I got first scam since I have a shop.. I will share you all information from the first step he made until I caught it..

I got this message in Etsy..

Diamond Little Princess Crown Ring – April Gemstone, listing #38907685

by bensmith5000 profile shop contact

Hello Seller,

Am interested in purchasing your item from you to my fiances which is celebrating is Wedding in 10 days time also i will like to purchase 2 unit of this item and i will want you to mail me the shipping cost to Africa by Usps express .i will be paying via PayPal as a payment and as soon as you get the approval Or confirmation letter from PayPal website i will want you to ship out the item asap. if you agree to this,get back to me with your address to make the payment. I await your reply. …………………………”"”"Email me at my private email address :titicezch10@gmail.com

24 January 2010 8:47am EDT

After receiving this message, I went to check his profile.. and found out that he just signed up today.. new account..

Then I sent mail to him..

Hello bensmith5000,

I’m so glad that you’re interesting in my Diamond Princess Crown Ring. I can send you this order via EMS (Express Mail Service) from THAILAND to AFRICA. But I need you to confirm the destination country with me first.

And I need the ring sizes for these 2 pieces that you want to order.. if you don’t know you can measure your finger by using any thread around your finger and send me the length of that thread, I’ll figure which size are.. then I will send you the link for your reserved order from my shop. You only follow the process of purchasing.. it will lead you to the PayPal payment there..

But you have to confirm me the country and the ring sizes.. Normally estimated shipping cost for EMS is around $10USD, anyway I will refund the over-estimated shipping cost back to your PayPal account after I get the real shipping cost.

Sorry for asking more information, I know you urgent need this order to ship out.

Warm Regards,

Patch

And he replied back to me..

Hello,

Thanks for the fast response,am serious about the purchasing of this item,so i want you to consider also you are to ship to my friend son in Nigeria me and sell me this item,So kindly get back to me with this information below for the Payment to be made to you:

Name:

PayPal Email:

Item Cost + Shipping Cost:

i assure you that as soon as i can receive one of these details,i will proceed with the Payment of the item to you very fast,so i wait o read back from you as soon as possible with one of the Payment details for the Payment.

I replied this back to him..

Hello again,

I still need your ring sizes to proceed this order.. and I do the purchasing process via ETSY or ARTFIRE website only.. so after I receive the ring sizes I will make a reserved listing item for you ONLY in my shop website which you can make your order there via ETSY.com.

Can you please clarify me again that you need this order to send to NIGERIA? so I will use Nigeria as the destination to check the shipping cost for you.

And please let be informed again that I will do the order via my shop website ONLY so this order will be in my shop records.. I can’t give you the details via e-mail.. Hope you understand that..

Then he replied this back..

Hello Friend

i want you to know that a friend of mind introduce me to this site and i am a new customer so i will like to buy from you direct by giving me your PayPal email address also the total cost for the shipping to Nigeria and the item cost so i want your reply also you are to email me direct at my private email address : titicezch10@gmail.com with the information so that the payment can be made…thanks

And I replied this back to him..

Hello again,

Please click on the link for purchasing..

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=39184809

I can’t give you my PayPal account via E-mail for security issue due to you are a new customer so please click on the link to make an order.. just click on “Add to Cart” and then “Check Out” and fill out the PayPal ID..

This item in the link is for you ONLY

2 pieces of Diamond Princess Crown Rings (both in Size 12)

Total price: $40.00USD

Estimated Shipping Cost via Express Mail to Nigeria: $10.00USD

Total Amount: $50.00USD

If you’re not comfortable to purchase by this method and want to cancel this reserved item, I’m totally understand. However, hope you understand me either..

I still weren’t aware I got scam.. but it seem stinky for me.. he replied back..

I want you to know that i didn’t know how to order so if you are still interested in selling this item to me kindly get back to me with your PayPal email address today…Thanks

He said he didn’t know how to order.. so I sent the order guide to him.. and this what he replied back..

So you can give me your PayPal email address so that the payment can be made fast todAY

And I don’t know why at that time I thought he used the cellphone to reply the mail so he couldn’t order from the website.. so I replied this to him..

Now you’re not at the computer.. Am I correct?? that’s why you can’t order via website.. I can wait for your payment coz now in Thailand is 11pm.. and I can ship your order out on my tomorrow at 9am which is about 10 hours.. so I can wait

Maybe because he replied me back so fast not over 5 mins.. that’s why I thought he really want this item.. here is his fast response..

Okay…can you send me PayPal money Request?…Let me know fast

Then I decided the money request will be secured enough than just give him my PayPal account.. so I sent him the invoice.. then I got something from PayPal said that I sent the invoice to him.. this is the real one coz I had done this before but the scam one is after this less than 5 mins and I got this scam..

(Click to see the large size for details..)

You will see the strange note at the bottom of this mail said that you can’t see this transaction in your account until you send the tracking number for your shipment to that e-mail address.. I looked at it, read it and there are many weird information in this mail.. so I went to PayPal to find out about this confirmation mail and PayPal doesn’t have this process in its system.. and I found the answer there that this is scam.. before I found out this is scam.. he sent me another mail..

Hello Seller, I just received a call from PayPal this morning that the payment as successfully been made. Now PayPal are requesting for the tracking number for them to take their normal verification and credit your money to your account, The verification would take PayPal only 30 mins to finish it and your money reflect to your account. PayPal are doing this so that they could secure both the seller and the buyer. You have to understand the Rules and Regulation of PayPal and get the item shipped right away. I will be waiting for the tracking scan receipt from you today and don’t also forget to email it to PayPal customer care (onlineconfirmation@caress.com) for them to start the verification and your money reflect to your account when they are through with the verification. I await to for the tracking receipt from you Today.

How can he get the call from PayPal faster than my Credit Card Security Center?? LOL can’t be that fast.. anyway, I replied this back to him that I already checked with PayPal and don’t have any transaction in my PayPal account.. and here is what he replied back to me..

Yes…i click on it also i want you to know that you are to completed the shipment and get back to PayPal before your money can reflected into your account so i want you to understand that?…Let me know fast

He still insisted about this transaction so I sent the last mail to him told him that I knew this is a scam.. with polite words..

I understand that but I already checked with PayPal and they said this is the scam mail. PayPal doesn’t have any process like this.. so if you can’t pay by clicking the link I gave you or response to the invoice I sent you.. I’m so sorry.. I can’t do business with you.. and if you got the scam like me, please go to cancel your money sending..

By the way, if this is not scam and I don’t confirm the tracking no. your money will be back to your account.. don’t worry..

Apologize for this inconvenience.
Patch

No reply from him for almost 3 hours.. if he’s real customer, he will order from the website at the first place. Even he didn’t know how to order, after I sent all of information to him he can pay from that.. how stupid I am to send him the information he wants??

Anyway, I’m so scare about this scam.. already changing my password and contact PayPal for protection.. Wish me luck!!!

And why I have to copy all his replies in here.. because I think he has the reply mail for him to copy and sent to me.. I want you all to see all details.. so you will be aware about this scam..

Old for Mom, New for Me..

As you know, I have a Vintage Shop which all items are from my Mom’s Closet.. after I don’t have any new items to add to my shop.. I mean no more photos for new items.. I opened my Mom’s Closet and opened one clothing box since Dad re-organized the garage.. and then take photos for all of them.. while I photographed this blouse.. I felt in love with it through the lens.. LOL

I keep it for myself…

Embroidery and Batwing Sleeves..

This blouse will be perfect with color skirt like Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, or Black.. wow!! Love it!!

GrandPa’s Tomb – Update#2..

Last week I went with Dad to see the progress of GrandPa’s Tomb.. here are some details that they’re working on.. I’m so impressed with their skills to make these craving pictures..

They are all handmade.. I mean Hand Engraving to the cement surface..  all of these made by one old lady.. and they will add color cements to them later.. like painting by numbers.. So Talent, isn’t she??