[Dixielandjazz] New twist on NIgerian Scam letters

[TCASHWIGG at aol.com]

Attention all list mates:

If anyone gets any letters like this be very careful, the Nigerian Scam 
Letter boys have started targeting musicians and bands for some reason lately.

It is obviously written in broken incorrect English and was sent to a friend 
of mine Downunder, who passed it on to me.  Now why would this guy be looking 
to book a relatively unknown band from downunder to fly to Florida and play 
what appears to be a party, and on such short notice as well.

Be careful and under no circumstance fall for sending them any money or your 
bank account numbers.  First clue should be that a guy really named Joe 
Williams would not write such an ill framed letter since he should be much better 
versed in the English language and grammar.

This is the second such situation I have become aware of in the past two 
months, which leads me to believe that these guys are surfing the web looking for 
bands websites and then contacting them about bogus potentially high paying 
gigs.

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins



Mr.Joe Williams wrote:

> *Hello,*
> *      I need to book for your Band services for my client  for his 
> survival Party schedules to hold in the United state for the night of 
> 28th May 2005,Reply to my attention if the dates are not booked so 
> that we can booked it as soon as possible.We want to know the location 
> of your group and the amount it will cost for the night show on 28th 
> may in florida including transportation and hotel bill for your group.
>    Awaiting your immediate response.*
> *Kindly regards,*
> *  Mr. Williams Joe*
>