[Lunatique]

I've been seeing a lot of scams targetting artists these days--from "Send this amount of fee and you can display your work at XXX artshow" to someone like this email I got recently:

"MIKE MOORE ART WORKS INC
24 - 25 Queens park, YW16 3MH
London, UK
Rc:120032
Contact phone number +447031840240

My name is MIKE MOORE and I am an artist.I saw your advert on the web
for
employment.I live in United Kingdom,with my two kids,four cats,one dog
and
the love of my life(my wife of 5 years). It is definitely a full house.
I
have been doing artwork since I was a kid(12 yrs old). That gives me
about
28 years of experience. I majored in art in high school and took a few
college art courses. Most of my work is done in either pencil or
airbrush
mixed with color pencils. I have recently added designing and creating
artwork on the computer.I have been selling my art works for the last 3
years and have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in
magazines.I have sold in galleries and also to private collectors from
all
around the world.I am always facing serious difficulties when it comes
to
selling my art works to Americans,they are always offering to pay with
a US
MONEY ORDER,which is difficult for me to cash here in United Kingdom
because
it will take approximately 30days to clear which will tie down my
money.I am
looking for a representative in the states who will be working for me
as a
part-time worker and i will be willing to pay 10% for every
transaction,which wouldn't affect your present state of work,someone
who
would help me recieve payments from my customers in the states.I mean
someone that is responsible and reliable,because the cost of coming to
the
state and getting payments is very expensive,i am working on setting up
a
branch in the states,so for now i need a representative in the united
states
who will be handling the payment aspect. These payments are in money
order
and they would come to you in your name, so all you need do is cash the
money order deduct your percentage and wire the rest back.The only
problem i
have is trust but i have my way of getting anyone that gets away with
our
money,i mean the FBI branch in Washington gets involved.It wouldn't
cost you
any amount,you are to receive payments which will be sent to you by
fedex or
usps from my business patners,which would come in form of a money order
then
you are to cash it and send the cash to me via moneygram money
transfer,all
transfer fees should be deducted from the money.If you are
interested,please
get back to me on my yahoo email ([email protected])asap to know
if
you are interested because Job commences the moment I open a file for
you on
your name and info.It takes ages to open my hotmail email on my
internet
connection when checking my emails so if you want urgent and quick
response
from me do reply to my yahoo email above i.e [email protected]

Regards,

Mike Moore"


Anyone else getting these?

[sweetums]

sounds like a new twist on the Nigerian 419 scams.

If this guy is doing ANY serious amount of business warranting a 10% fee for someone "reliable" to help him with money, when there are WORLD WIDE BANKING SYSTEMS (anyone ever heard of RBS, the Royal Bank of Scotland?) who can set him up with a wire transfer account,he is seriously trying to take more money than he will ever pay out...
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[eyewoo]

Looks to me like a money laundering scheme... probably some organized crime group.
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