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Hi All .. i am pretty new to all this and am really more interested in the learning process then the sales - at this point in time  .. although any sales are of course very welcome     ... my portfolios are very small and certainly not extraordinary by any means, which maybe why i am little suspicious of the following  ....

i received the following message from "sokona77" (who appears to have a buyer account with MP) and am wondering if i this is normal practice ? I am also looking for some advice as to whether to reply or not ? Can anyone tell me if my actual email address will be provided if reply through the MP mail ....

"Nice to meet you, how is everything, hope all is well with you. My name is miss Sokona Nnam, I found your contact after reading your profile I picked interest to contact you. I've something very important which I would love to share with you privately, therefore, would advise you to kindly write me back on:([email protected]) so that I'll give you details. Waiting anxiously for your anticipated corporation"

anyones thoughts appreciated

Whiteview.

Sounds like a set up for a scam. If they really wanted to tell you something important they would have included it in the original email.

A scam, that's obvious.

This might be a clue... http://www.salamspace.com/blog/view/id_3/title_Help-me-save-my-late-husband%E2%80%99s-millions-and-I/

Just delete it.

If it was sitemail, forward it to admin, they should take appropriate action.

On the other hand.... and I wonder how many others of you this has happened to?

Several months ago, I was contacted by a subscriber on IS thru my profile contact wanting to buy two images privately, I was under the impression that they wanted to buy the rights to the pix...
   I never responded.

Anyone else have this happen anywhere?  =tom

i got the same private message last night, and forwarded it MP support.
I don't know how many photo buyers may be in Nigeria or Cote d'Ivoire (these are the places that came up when googling her name and email) or how many of them have problems getting the money of their dead husband's will (yes, that cames out in google too).... but if she has something to say she can say it directly in the private message, no need to ask me to email her to tell me what is it about.

Absolutely!  That sitemail has scam written all over it.  I would report it to the site. 

Like with all other spam, I would not respond to it.  You don't want them to know they have a "live one". 

I got it too, just deleted. 2nd person I've had try on most. I have had them on IS, 123rf and StockXpert as well

Thanks to Kaycee & ComfortEagle for the feedback.  =tom