boiler room scams target investors include the promise of recovering money lost to the original boiler room scam, or to purchase the clients worthless sharesonly, of course, once an up-front fee has been paid. Serious Fraud Office Director Richard Alderman explained: A boiler room is a predatory and orchestrated attack on private investors and shows callous dishonesty. The Wrights now residing in France . Time is not on the wrights side.