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jaro_nyc

Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? New York.

Hi everybody. I received this message by e-mail. It's about a guy who is supposedly an artist living in UK and who needs a representative in the US to be a third party to receive the payments for his artwork from customers here and then to send the money via wire transfer to UK. It seems kind of shady to me (could be laundry money unless he can prove he is indeed an artist and that he's selling art pieces).

Any advise from the lawyers in this site. Does it look like an illegal business? What should I do to be sure this is something legal?

I Would appreciate any comments. Thank you.

Below is the e-mail that I received from him:


My name is Henry Vincent and I am an artist. I live in
UNITED KINDOM, with my two kids, four cats, one dog and the
love of my life. It is definitely a full house. I have been
doing artwork since I was a small child. That gives me about
23 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 for the last 3 years and
have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in
magazines. I have sold in galleries and 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 POSTAL
MONEY ORDER, which is difficult for me to cash here in UNITED
KINDOM.
I am looking for a representative in the states who will be
working for me as a partime worker and I will be willing to
pay %10 for every transaction, which wouldnt affect ur
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, cause the cost of coming to the
state and getting payments is very expensive, I am working on
setting up a branch in the state, 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.
But the 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 wouldnt cost u any amount, u are to receive payments which
will be sent to u by fedex or usps from my business patners,
which would come in form of a money order then u are to cash
it and send the cash to me via western union money transfer
all western union charges will be deducted from the money.
If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as
possible.

Regards
Henry Vincent
 


Some Random Guy

Senior Member
This is a well known scam that involves you in money laundering and theft.

People who buy things on e-bay and similar sites will send you money, which you then forward on to the UK. The goods are never delivered and the police follow the money trail to you.

You end up being screwed/prosecuted/forced to make restitution.

One big clue is that an anonymous person is giving you 10% of the take for no real work.
A second clue is that they cannot even spell the country that they supposedly live in.
 

jaro_nyc

Junior Member
Re

United KINDOM.. LOL.. Can't believe I missed the misspelling..

I guess the old saying still applies: If it's too good to be true, probably it is.

Thank you.
 
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