{"id":10450,"date":"2015-10-23T12:23:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-23T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=10450"},"modified":"2015-10-23T12:23:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-23T18:23:57","slug":"scam-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/scam-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Scam Alert!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Warning<\/a>Last night I received an email from a guy named Tom Clarkson that said, “Have the ingredients changed in your Soap? I have used your brand for quite sometime now and have never had a issue. The bar is kept in a dry spot in the shower, yet seemed to dissolve\/fall apart in the hand after just a few uses. Not to pleased. -Tom”<\/p>\n

I didn’t have any record of him as a customer so I responded: “Thank you for contacting me. I’d like to help. Can you tell me which soap it was and when you purchased it from me?”<\/p>\n

His response: “I’m not to sure when it was purchased as a relative that passed recently bought it for me. It was the clarifying bar. I must say I look forward to trying out the Oakmoss bar as well, many of my colognes have that scent in them! Thanks”<\/p>\n

I thought it was a bit odd that the Clarifying Facial soap would dissolve so quickly as it is one of the hardest bars I make, but considering I have recently changed my recipe, I told him I would like to hear his feedback on the Oakmoss soap as well and I sent him a coupon code to cover the cost of one bar of soap plus shipping.<\/p>\n

Later this morning I had this feeling that something wasn’t right about this guy, so I posted about my experience in one of the soaping groups on Facebook. Within the hour, I found out someone else had received the exact same email last night from him! I was so glad we figured it out! Someone suggested that I blog about the experience so no one else gets taken by this guy. Apparently he has struck before using a different name and claiming there was blood on the soap he received, also claiming that a dead relative had purchased it for him.<\/p>\n

Hope this prevents someone else from getting sucked in by his story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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