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Final Caveat For Artists:

One thing I forgot to mention is that a heck of a lot of scammers "work on oil rigs."  Or in other burly,  remote situations where they conveniently can't be reached when you want to ask about the issue with the money order. 

Resources Mentioned in Podcast

Four Surprising Benefits of a Small Mailing List by Thea Fiore Bloom, PhD

The magical wool sculpture art of Charmed Studio subscriber Gin Blische.

Here is that solid video by Tosmo I mentioned on scam prevention for artists that includes a nice philosophical take on why we are targeted.

Watch this video by Art Business With Ness on avoiding more scams than I could mention in this podcast. Ness is the one who clued me in to why scammers claim to have hearing or speech impairment. Listen for her other smart observations.

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