[cpb]

Good Evening,

I don't post here often, but read a bit here and there and have been a collector of urban art and especially Banksys for many many years.

I want to alert the community about William Bauer whom last week submitted pictures of MY Girl With Balloon to Pest Control for authentication. I bought a GWB last year and submitted the pictures from the seller to Pest Control in addition to the photos I took. PC notified me that William submitted the same exact pictures from the previous owner.

This person was also on eBay selling a GWB under the name willbauer1. Furthermore, I know now two people he attempted to sell this to and asked them to pay using an escrow service. Both people are members here.

After this happened and after reading the GWB thread in the "Wanted" section I became concerned it would be target time for Mr. Bauer. If you have any additional information, such as a real name, name of victims and location of the scammer please let me know as I will submit a complaint to local authorities.

Please be careful in sending photos of numbers/signatures guys!

[dueuomo]

Hey buddy hope all is well but this scam!

I was one of the people he tried to sell the girl to. The scary thing is that the pics looked legit, because they were, but as soon as he told me that he did not have the COA, I stopped replying to his emails.

You should definitely contact the authorities.

[dueuomo]

here is where it was mentioned before

urbanartassociation.com/thread/114953/trying-sell-me-girl-balloon

[BrotherBern]

What a nice chap this William is. Cheers for outing him cpb / dueuomo, hopefully you have just saved someone a lot of greif and money.

[kenzler]

Thanks for taking the time to inform people.
Top man

[Deleted]

One way to stop this type of thing is to arrange to pretend you want to buy in cash and meet the guy face to face and take photos of him.

Unless Pest Control have full records of every owner of a particular print with dates.

One day there will be big gaps in ownership and authenticities will be questioned.

It's a big task.

[dueuomo]

By the way, I also would not buy this one

www.ebay.com/itm/Banksy-stop-and-search-signed-print-with-pest-control-coa/261465702362?_trksid=p2050601.c100085.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140211132617%26meid%3D6592927421865057306%26pid%3D100085%26prg%3D20140211132617%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D251491269493%26clkid%3D6592928506882588879&_qi=RTM1562571

I started bidding on it, but then I asked for pics of the COA 3-4 times and the guy came up with a bunch of excuses that he was busy or at work or without internet...so I stopped bidding.

[Deleted]

May 1, 2014 14:17:15 GMT 1 dueuomo said:

By the way, I also would not buy this one

www.ebay.com/itm/Banksy-stop-and-search-signed-print-with-pest-control-coa/261465702362?_trksid=p2050601.c100085.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140211132617%26meid%3D6592927421865057306%26pid%3D100085%26prg%3D20140211132617%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D251491269493%26clkid%3D6592928506882588879&_qi=RTM1562571

I started bidding on it, but then I asked for pics of the COA 3-4 times and the guy came up with a bunch of excuses that he was busy or at work or without internet...so I stopped bidding.

Had a chat with the seller last night he has no problem with cash on collection to inspect the print COA before paying, seems fair to me

[dueuomo]

May 1, 2014 14:20:40 GMT 1 @toast said:

May 1, 2014 14:17:15 GMT 1 dueuomo said:

By the way, I also would not buy this one

www.ebay.com/itm/Banksy-stop-and-search-signed-print-with-pest-control-coa/261465702362?_trksid=p2050601.c100085.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140211132617%26meid%3D6592927421865057306%26pid%3D100085%26prg%3D20140211132617%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D251491269493%26clkid%3D6592928506882588879&_qi=RTM1562571

I started bidding on it, but then I asked for pics of the COA 3-4 times and the guy came up with a bunch of excuses that he was busy or at work or without internet...so I stopped bidding.

Had a chat with the seller last night he has no problem with cash on collection to inspect the print COA before paying, seems fair to me

Good to hear that

[Poster Bob]

May 1, 2014 14:20:40 GMT 1 @toast said:

May 1, 2014 14:17:15 GMT 1 dueuomo said:

By the way, I also would not buy this one

www.ebay.com/itm/Banksy-stop-and-search-signed-print-with-pest-control-coa/261465702362?_trksid=p2050601.c100085.m2372&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140211132617%26meid%3D6592927421865057306%26pid%3D100085%26prg%3D20140211132617%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D251491269493%26clkid%3D6592928506882588879&_qi=RTM1562571

I started bidding on it, but then I asked for pics of the COA 3-4 times and the guy came up with a bunch of excuses that he was busy or at work or without internet...so I stopped bidding.

Had a chat with the seller last night he has no problem with cash on collection to inspect the print COA before paying, seems fair to me

Funny, he told me he posted two different pictures with different frames because his camera was broke. Do you know anyone in this day and age who doesn't have a half-decent camera in their phone? He then did not answer my next give questions about the condition, frame job and letter from Lazarides.

[dueuomo]

May 1, 2014 14:40:10 GMT 1 Poster Bob said:

May 1, 2014 14:20:40 GMT 1 @toast said:

Had a chat with the seller last night he has no problem with cash on collection to inspect the print COA before paying, seems fair to me

Funny, he told me he posted two different pictures with different frames because his camera was broke. Do you know anyone in this day and age who doesn't have a half-decent camera in their phone? He then did not answer my next give questions about the condition, frame job and letter from Lazarides.

Then, IMO he was using Toast to increase the price and hoping to sell to somebody who would not collect.

[Deleted]

May 1, 2014 14:41:55 GMT 1 dueuomo said:

May 1, 2014 14:40:10 GMT 1 Poster Bob said:

Funny, he told me he posted two different pictures with different frames because his camera was broke. Do you know anyone in this day and age who doesn't have a half-decent camera in their phone? He then did not answer my next give questions about the condition, frame job and letter from Lazarides.

Then, IMO he was using Toast to increase the price and hoping to sell to somebody who would not collect.

What do you mean using me to increase the price? I simply got in touch with the guy as I was interested in the print and he responded we sent a few messages back and forth and that was that, he also told me he changed the frame as the one with the blue mount was slightly tatty so had it changed to the secound one, so maybe he is full of s**t, I'm not intersted in the print now anyway but how has he used me?