Scammers are using stolen credit card information to try to dupe Boston-area businesses, photographer warns
A fine art photographer who was the victim of a scam is sounding the alarm to keep it from happening to others.
Christoper Bofolli is a Worcester native, who now lives in Seattle. He has made a name for himself with his unique fine art photographs featuring miniatures posed against real food landscapes. In December, a man purchased three of his pieces from a Boston gallery using Apple Pay with what turned out to be stolen credit card information.Sign up for NECN newsletters.
“And then he called the gallery back the next day and he canceled two of the three pieces,” explained Boffoli. “And the scam is that he wants the refund to be directed to different credit card numbers that he controlled. And the gallery didn't do that. What you're supposed to do, I think, is what he did. Issue the refunds with the transaction numbers, so it sort of foiled the whole plan.”“There's a good chance he's still working in the Boston area doing that,” said Boffoli.
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