Employment Opportunity?

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: This message could be retitled "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (to get the FBI on your case.) PAT]

Hello,

My name is FRANK SMITH, I am an artist. I live in United Kingdom, 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, and have had my work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines.

I have been selling my art products for past 3 years, both locally and internationally, but I find it difficult getting paid by my clients in the US, as most of them has the only option of paying me either by money orders or checks, of which I am not based in the US and hence it is impossible for me to cash out the checks or money orders as the cost of flying down to the states to receive such payments is very expensive, so for me not to loose my clients in the US, I have decided to strategize a plan by employing someone in the United States who will be working as my representative, and hence receive payments on my behalf, I mean someone that is honest, transparent, responsible and reliable. And hence, I will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction.

Anyway, I am working on setting up a little Gallery in the US, so for now I need a representative who will be handling the payment aspect, then along the line if I find you possessing the above characters, I could make you my manager once my Gallery is up the Dallas, Texas.

Like I said earlier, these payments will be coming to you in form of money orders and checks. Hence, once you are fully employed, then the checks and money order would come in your name, as I will introduce you to my US customers and hence they will be making payment to me through you, so your job is just to cash out the money orders or checks, deduct your wage which is 10% from each payment and wire the rest via Western Union or Moneygram to me.

Now, for such magnitude of business, 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 will be involved. But if you tend to possess the right characters I require of you, then I can assure you more goodies.

Meanwhile, please bear it in mind that this job wont cost you anything, instead you will get paid, as you are just to receive payments which will be sent to you by FedEx or USPS from my customers, which would come in form of a money order or check like I said, then you are to cash it, deduct your wage which is 10% from each payment you receive and send the balanced to me via Western Union Money transfer or Moneygram Money transfer, all transfer fees should be deducted from my own share (90%) of the money after your remove your

10%. If this job offer is ok by you, then write and let me know you are interested, and then I will advise you what next to do.

Please get back to me as soon as possible, so that I can enlighten you on how to proceed. Compliments!!

Frank Smith

N/B Endevour to contact me using my private address: (franksmith snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com)

[TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: Well, Mr. Smith, I must say this angle of yours is not as crude as most I have seen; after all, you are not claiming to be a banker or a solicitor in Nigeria seeking an American sucker -- err, business partner like so many of the 'employment opportunities' we see on the net these days. And, Mr. Smith, before you Go to Washington, like Jimmie Stewart in the 1941 movie by that same name, to snitch on your new partners, who, in their greed, decided to try and out-con another con man (or, as we say in street parlance 'try to bullshit another bullshitter') just be aware that it cannot be done. Another bullshitter or con-man will see through that thin veil you present every time.

I might be a bit more sympathetic to your approach, and willing to give you the benefit of the doubt if I had not personally already recieved this same missive from you now three or four times, and it occurred to me that because your approach is so, well, unique and different than is usually seen in these parts; so refreshing it is, in fact, there is a good chance some of the guys on the net could get lured in, and that would be a pity, to see guys wind up in jail instead of you winding up there (in jail, I mean).

Let me conclude by playing the role of straight man in this comedy for a minute. If you _really_ want a USA fiduciary agent to collect payments due you and remit proceeds, may I suggest you look at

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