ExtortionLetterInfo Forums
ELI Forums => Getty Images Letter Forum => Topic started by: Matthew Chan on June 27, 2011, 12:38:47 AM
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I was sent this email below by someone who wishes to be anonymous at this time. She informs me she is in the middle of a case and does not want to reveal her identity. While I have not yet been able to substantiate this stock photo extortion scam exists, it seems entirely plausible and worth protecting yourself against. For the record, I do not think Getty Images themselves would intentionally engage in this due to their high visibility and high profile but I would not put it past unethical photographers to entrap website designers and website owners.
I posted this new article in my publishing blog:
http://turnkeypublisher.com/2011/06/27/beware-of-stock-photo-entrapment-extortion-scam/
Matthew