Enquiry received through Eventrac regarding alleged copyright on photos. Not the case as we use our own photographers. Went to spam, but review of details given show that the request came from someone who is a photographer, but who is in a completely different country. Business is legitimate, so likely that someone was impersonating them. Nothing was paid to them as the wallet address came up when searched as a scam.

Scammer presents as an actual photo studio (not giving name of studio as I am certain it has nothing to do with the scammer) and demands payment in crypto for "using one of my photographs on your website ... without a valid licence." All photos on my website are either mine or licensed, so definitely a scam.

It has come to our attention that you are using one of my photographs on your website xxxxxxx without a valid licence. My lawyers have already posted a bundle of documents with the supporting evidence to your registered company address. You should have already heard back from them. I would like to personally invite you to settle this dispute by transferring the below amount to one of the crypto wallet addresses. Bitcoin: bc1q4206tlzgldnr3efu44hf9m6qm329ztzxhqfxdw Ethereum: 0xa74cce7805342F10df39B698342380f58bB709b5 Solana: G9quVAfjmRsLfT9xpacoUp7rkFAvdYEd44kHLhzaFVRu If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly or you can also speak to one of my representatives listed below. Once you have made the payment, please email me the transaction number and I will close your case. Yours sincerely Scammer

Contact form spam: Hi It has come to our attention that you are using one of my photographs on your website XXXX without a valid licence. My lawyers have already posted a bundle of documents with the supporting evidence to your registered company address. You should have already heard back from them. I would like to personally invite you to settle this dispute by transferring the below amount to one of the crypto wallet addresses. Bitcoin: bc1q4206tlzgldnr3efu44hf9m6qm329ztzxhqfxdw Ethereum: 0xa74cce7805342F10df39B698342380f58bB709b5 Solana: G9quVAfjmRsLfT9xpacoUp7rkFAvdYEd44kHLhzaFVRu If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me directly or you can also speak to one of my representatives listed below. Once you have made the payment, please email me the transaction number and I will close your case. Yours sincerely <details of real photographer and law firms>

This is the second spam comment of this format I have received some wallets were the same as before but there were new ones too. Claims copyright over unspecified media on the website. I've publicly published all the details to make it easier for future potential victims to find the truth.

(for context, we took the photos on our website ourselves) It has come to our attention that you are using our client's photographs on (our website) without a valid licence. We have already posted out all supporting documents to the address of your office. Please confirm once you have received them. In the meantime, we would like to invite you to settle this dispute by making the below payment of £500. Alternatively, you can also pay with cryptocurrency with a 50% discount. Wallet Addresses: Bitcoin: bc1q4206tlzgldnr3efu44hf9m6qm329ztzxhqfxdw Ethereum: 0xa74cce7805342F10df39B698342380f58bB709b5

Received an email telling images were used without consent and failure to pay 500.00, DMCA and legal procedures will be initiated. No mention of the "images" .