Brian Vuillemenot
28-Sep-2005, 18:20
Hello,
I recently receive an unsolicited e-mail from someone from AKM Images who claimed that they had found my website through Yahoo, liked my work, and wanted to represent me as a stock agency. Their website was quite unimpressive, both in terms of the images displayed and the amateurish website setup. I did a Google search on them, and found a discussion thread from one of the other photography forums indicating that many other photographers had received similar e-mails. Apparently, it's some sort of scam, although I'm not quite sure what they have to gain by soliciting low res scans for initial submissions. Has anyone out there received these e-mails, done business with AKM Images, or know anything about them? Thanks!
I recently receive an unsolicited e-mail from someone from AKM Images who claimed that they had found my website through Yahoo, liked my work, and wanted to represent me as a stock agency. Their website was quite unimpressive, both in terms of the images displayed and the amateurish website setup. I did a Google search on them, and found a discussion thread from one of the other photography forums indicating that many other photographers had received similar e-mails. Apparently, it's some sort of scam, although I'm not quite sure what they have to gain by soliciting low res scans for initial submissions. Has anyone out there received these e-mails, done business with AKM Images, or know anything about them? Thanks!