Yeah, this is really an old scam. They find something special about you making you think you are lucky, like "Because you happen to have a CPL from Canada, you can fly our C-regged Hawker 800 out of Zurich for a rich Greek individual". The usually bait the hook with a plane ticket, limos, simrides etc - their investment if you like - and then you think these guys must really be serious, and then you have taken the bait, and ready to be hooked on a large "down" payment.
After that the scam is over, and you lost.
In the above example, a friend of the person who was about to be scammed came across the mentioned Hawker, and they said they did not need any pilots, and they did not fly for the mentioned guy.
The pilot had already eaten the bait (737 sim in London), but fortunately not paid any money.
MAY THESE SCAM INDIVIDUALS ROT IN HELL !