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Earlier this morning I was looking at my emails and saw this.

"TV Opportunity!!!

Hi,
My name is John Derickson. I am working for Thames who in association with Fremantle Media are looking for young amateur magicians and mentalists for a new ITV prime time show. We have seen some of your material on YouTube and as talent scout for Thames I would like to invite you to appear and audition on the programme.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get your name known and maybe even start a professional career in the art of illusion.
If you are interested please E-mail me ASAP with your PayPal details. This is because there will be a entry fee to take part as a contestant in this talent completion.
The cost of this fee is exactly £250.00 GBP and is non refundable on participation and also there maybe a small additional charge for catering, accommodation and travel costs.
We will take the monies from your account within 24HRS and within 4-6 Wks you will receive your contract along with details of production and receipt of your payment.

Please email me your details directly to:

j.derikson@thames.co.uk "

I have just got in contact with Thames via telephone and they have said that they have no such programme in development and furthermore the named person in the E-mail doesn't even exist. They went on to say not to send any details to the stated email address and that they would be investigating the matter and to also report the message to your E-mail provider.

So if you get any message like this be warned and be very vigilant!

Thanks for the warning, as ever we need to be aware that such scams are doing the round. The clue should be where they ask for payment of some kind which no genuine TV production firm would ask for. Even though we practice the art of deception it doesn't mean we are immune from scammers!

Yes I know. I knew it was a scam to be honest. the only reason I contacted Thames was to let them know. Its just too sad that many people will still fall for scams like this. hence the warning.

Anjorno wrote:Earlier this morning I was looking at my emails and saw this.

"TV Opportunity!!!

Hi,
My name is John Derickson. I am working for Thames who in association with Fremantle Media are looking for young amateur magicians and mentalists for a new ITV prime time show. We have seen some of your material on YouTube and as talent scout for Thames I would like to invite you to appear and audition on the programme.
This is a fantastic opportunity for you to get your name known and maybe even start a professional career in the art of illusion.
If you are interested please E-mail me ASAP with your PayPal details. This is because there will be a entry fee to take part as a contestant in this talent completion.
The cost of this fee is exactly £250.00 GBP and is non refundable on participation and also there maybe a small additional charge for catering, accommodation and travel costs.
We will take the monies from your account within 24HRS and within 4-6 Wks you will receive your contract along with details of production and receipt of your payment.

Please email me your details directly to:

j.derikson@thames.co.uk "

I have just got in contact with Thames via telephone and they have said that they have no such programme in development and furthermore the named person in the E-mail doesn't even exist. They went on to say not to send any details to the stated email address and that they would be investigating the matter and to also report the message to your E-mail provider.

So if you get any message like this be warned and be very vigilant!

what made me most suspicious was that his last name in the email address and the body of the message were spelt different. its all too laughable how gullible they think some people are but like I said sadly there are those out there who fall for it. As the saying goes "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" .

As with all such scams, they only expect to trap a small number of respondents but they turn the wick up and ask for more money in stages - they're very skilled and plausible so it can be very profitable.