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VERY IMPORTANT FRAUD WARNING - There is a company calling itself i-clique who are telephoning artists stating they are phoning on our behalf and then asking for £240 for them to act as your art agent.

We have had many phone calls about this company and three artists who telephoned us - told us they contacted the companies that i-clique stated they work for/place art works and these companies stated they have no knowledge of i-clique.

Please note i-clique have nothing to do with us and we warn artists that this may be a FRAUD

This company start off by 'flattering you' and your work and telling you how they can make you 'a lot of money' They state they are telephoning on our behalf and that when you give them £240 by credit card - they will then arrange 'a viewing'. They are very smooth talkers. DO NOT BE TAKEN IN. This company is registered by a foreign gentleman - with a London address. It would appear their web site has already been removed but was present at the beginning of week 7th Feb 2005. If you have paid this company any money - advise the credit card company or bank - you are cancelling.

This company are offering all your work on DVD - which they state 'is presented to their clients'. The clients listed have no knowledge of this company. Do not send your art works to this company - they could turn your art works into prints. WE CERTAINLY DO NOT HAVE ANY AFFILIATION OR KNOWLEDGE OF THIS COMPANY. Editor

UNSOLICITED/SPAM EMAILS

Spam emails are supposed to be outlawed in this country.

A spam email is when you send many emails to many people.

ISPs or your web site hosts have strict rules about using their services for spam. They say they will take away their services if you, as a customer, abuse their services.

However info@nickywillcock.co.uk sent 15 spam emails every other minute into each of our inboxes. She also sent many spam emails into two other inboxes of our company.

We sent an email to info@nickywillcock.co.uk advising her to stop sending spam emails but it couldn't be delivered because the inbox was full - doubtless hundreds of other complaintants about her spam emails.

Business Serve is the host for info@nickywillcock.co.uk - we wrote to them each time a huge bulk of emails arrived.

We received these [BSVE #51074] [BSVE #51070] [BSVE #51071] [BSVE #51069] [BSVE #51068] [BSVE #51067] [BSVE #51056] [BSVE #51059] ticket numbers. A ticket number was allocated to every complaint email sent to Business Serve. Proving we sent 9 complaints and every time a huge bulk of emails arrived within minutes of each other - on the same day.

We had no action from Business Serve - despite them stating services will be removed from customers who abuse their services.

What is the point of having laws if the ISPs don't obey them or their own Terms and Conditions?