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I am a secretary to personal manager of The Dubrovnik Palace
>>Hotel & Conference Centre Masarykov Put 2020000, Dubrovnik,
>>Dubrovnik Neretva, Croatia. We need to purchase some sculpture for
>>decorating some of our rooms especially the conference center
>>actually we are being represented online by Hotel-d.com but you can
>>have a sight view of our lovely paradise on this web page
>>http://www.hotel-d.com/en/p1/224769/the-dubrovnik-palace-hotel-&-conference-centre.html
>>
>> > I will be pleased if you can let me know the sculpture you have
>>available that could beseech the lovely rooms in the page and
>>prices of each sculpture.i found your contact sculpture directly,
>>Hope to read from you soon.
>> >Regards
>> >Nathaniel Gorski
One of our artist received a counterfeit cheque in the amount of $10,259.45, they contacted the FBI and they confirmed it was fraud.
It sounds like this guy has contacted a few of our artists.
See emails below.
Janet
Hello Janet,
I recieved a counterfeit cheque from "Nathaniel Gorski"( nathaniel_gorski@yahoo.com) last week in the amount of $10,259.45. Before anything else I contacted the FBI. The FBI has confirmed for me that he is a fraud.
I just received an email from an artist member who was also contaced by Nathaniel Gorski, when trying to research the Palace Hotel in Croatia (no phone number or address anywhere on the web unless you can speak Croatian) they found that I had done the same thing and noticed a positng I wrote asking for infomation. Since this thief is actively trying to defraud artists I think it would be wise for you to notify the artist members and pass the word on.
Best Wishes,
Ric
>
>Hello Ric,
>
>I would be cautious, if only because of the yahoo address. I would
>expect most major hotels and most employees with the authority to
>make such purchases to have a related email address (a domain name
>relating to the hotel). Be careful of cashiers checks, and do not
>send funds from your own account if what they pay you is more than
>requested. You may want to call the hotel and see if they have a
>Nathaniel Gorski working for them.
>
>Janet
>
>
>At 06:15 AM 4/6/05, you wrote:
>
>>Dear Absolutearts.com:
>>
>>I received your email warning about fraudulent activities. I've
>>forwarded an email to you I received from someone who says he is
>>Nathaniel Gorski and represents the Palace Hotel and Conference
>>Center in Dubrovnik, Cratia after viewing my sculpture on the web.
>>He has since sent me another email stating that the hotel is
>>sending me a check for $10,000.00. Which includes $7,000.00 for the
>>sculpture and $3,000.00 for shipping. He said that they have
>>arranged for a freight carrier to pick up the sculpture (and I
>>assume $3,000.00 for shipping.) Does this sound like something I
>>should be concerned about and have you heard of this person before?
>>
>>Ric Blum
>>
>> >From: Gorski Nathaniel
>> >Subject: Sculpture
>> >Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 02:25:39 -0800 (PST)
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>> >I am a secretary to personal manager of The Dubrovnik Palace
>>Hotel & Conference Centre Masarykov Put 2020000, Dubrovnik,
>>Dubrovnik Neretva, Croatia. We need to purchase some sculpture for
>>decorating some of our rooms especially the conference center
>>actually we are being represented online by Hotel-d.com but you can
>>have a sight view of our lovely paradise on this web page
>>http://www.hotel-d.com/en/p1/224769/the-dubrovnik-palace-hotel-&-conference-centre.html
>>
>> > I will be pleased if you can let me know the sculpture you have
>>available that could beseech the lovely rooms in the page and
>>prices of each sculpture.i found your contact sculpture directly,
>>Hope to read from you soon.
>> >Regards
>> >Nathaniel Gorski
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