A few days ago I received an e-mail from a woman calling herself Lisa Robert who lives in France - she said she had read my advert and I appeared to be the ideal person to tutor her son in art during his four month visit to the UK. I replied, saying that I did not take on private pupils but stating I would pass her enquiry to an artist friend of mine. I duly did that but warned the friend to be cautious. After exchanging a couple of emails with this woman my friend has realised that it is yet another version of the money-laundering scam ... Anne