Aboriginal art Aussie blog

The sender of the email mentions what is purportedly her name, Mary ------, as well as the name of her Balinese friend, Benjo -------.

“Mary” states: “Benjo has sent me an email asking for assistance as he has not had any work orders for 3 months and this is putting his business under financial pressure.”

The email was sent from an Australian ISP email address and according to IP addresses, appears to have been sent from Perth (through an ISP in Perth), then via a reseller ISP in Melbourne.

Australia Gift Shop receives email offers similar to the abovementioned one on an almost weekly basis from suppliers of dodgy Aboriginal-style art made in South-East Asia.

This practice is a serious threat to the Australian Aboriginal art market because of the extremely low prices offered by the suppliers. In fact, 12-inch hand-painted boomerangs are priced below one dollar ( both Australian and American dollars ) and 20-inch ones are priced under two dollars. Prices are listed in the email and an image of five of the authentic-looking fake Aboriginal art boomerangs is attached to the email.

 To view true blue authentic Aboriginal art, begin browsing product displays in our online gift shop are at www.australiagift.net/categories.asp in US$ or at http://www.australiagift.net/australia/categories.asp in Australian dollars (AU$).

Customers can either place an order through our online shopping cart or order and pay over the phone with their MasterCard or Visa credit card or debit card.Those in the latter group of customers usually phone us while they are browsing our online shop. This allows for instant answers to queries about our products that they are viewing in the online shop product displays. To cater to customers who prefer not to use their credit card, debit card or an online PayPal account, we provide the option of paying by Direct Deposit or Internet Banking Transfer (usually within Australia only).

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