It's that magic time, time for Best Spam Of The Week, in this case an apparent money laundering scheme in which you get to be the unwitting dupe:
Hello,
My name is Austin Martin and 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.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 Kingdom.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 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. 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 or moneygram money transfer,all transfer fees should be deducted from the money.
Regards
Austin Martin
N.B:Endeavour to send your reply through my alternative
e-mail address: austinmartin_23@yahoo.com.ar
What I adore is the ineptitude of this, as if DeviantArt or Zazzle don't exist, or just creating your own online shop isn't possible, or online transaction services don't automatically exchange currencies, or UK banks don't take US Postal Money Orders, or a guy who lives in the UK would have his Yahoo account based in Argentina.
Oh, and, before I deleted the thing, I noticed that the To: and From: addresses were austinmartin_26@yahoo.com.ar. Clumsy.
So, what's your favorite spam this week?