Try it another way.....
Depressing news 767 ... but hardly surprising. For the benefit of other ppruners tempted by offers and assurances such as those received by 767, practice saying the following: "Thank you for your valued enquiry. If you would care to deposit $ xxx in my bank account by x/xx/xx I shall be delighted to carry out the flying described". Thankfully, this ppruner has hung-up his David Clarks and will never again have to write-off £££ unpaid by sharp operators in Africa and the Middle East. bm