Here's a new twist on an old theme...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Dear Friend,

My name is Thomas Wise, I am an artist and the onwer of CBN Arts-World
in the United Kingdom. I sell my art works to my customers in U.S.A and
Canada which i find it very difficult in recieving my payments from
them in the past. I have had a lot of experiences in the past like
recieving bogus checks and counterfeit money orders from them. I have
resolved these issues with them that they cannot make payments via checks and
money orders any longer. We now accepted that all payments should be
made by swift wire transfer into an account in the United Sates. They
requested all payments to be made into "A Home Equity Line of Credit
Account". Why they requested for such account is that the funds will be more
secured into such account and the IRS will never question any amount of
money coming in or going out of the account.
I need you to be my representative in the United States if you own
such account. I will offer you 10% of any of my payment that passed
through
your account. You will never invest any money at the course of this
transaction. This transaction is 100% legal and does not relate to
money laundering and is free from Drug money. The amount of money
depends on the volume of
facilities sold which ranges from $50,000 and above depending on the
limit of your account. I will detail you as soon as i hear from you.
For further Details please contact me on this email
address:[e-mail]

Best regards
Thomas Wise

CBN Arts-World
No 7 Tybalt Lane London
W1K 9TN United Kingdom
Phone:[phone]


So now they're targeting patrons of the arts specifically... :eyes:

[Generic Brad]

1. Wise Guy, Eh?

Just when the Nigerian scam gets shut down, the UK scam takes its place. I sure hope there are no boneheads who fall for this.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. A couple of years ago, I got a phone call from some scammer

I was told that I'd just won a grant of $25,000. I said, "Uh huh. What's the hitch?" And he replied that he didn't understand. I asked why I was being given this tremendous sum of money, an he said it was just because I was a good tax-paying citizen.

I laughed and told him I wasn't interested.

But the best part was, they called back a few minutes later! My last name is also a common first name. The first time they called, they asked for First Name-Last Name. The second time they asked for Last Name-First Name. To my amazement, I'd won another grant...this one in the amount of $7,500. I asked how come this one was so much less than the first offer. He said he didn't understand. I reminded him that he'd called only a little while ago. He hung up rather quickly.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Check out this site.

http://www.419eater.com/

There are people out there who play the scammers and mock them on the internet. It's quite funny. They got one of them to copy Harry Potter by hand.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. LOL!

The government should pay people to do this!