Dear Per,
CIMAM also has had the same experience. It started about two years ago.
At the beginning I used to reply Asking for more information about their
museum/curatorial practice - now i just trash them automatically.

david elliott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amareswar Galla" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 10:16 PM
Subject: Re: Fake conference registrations?


> Dear Per,
>
> I have had the same experience several times. In fact, several such
> requests were made in the lead up to the ICOM ASPAC meeting in Shanghai
> last year.
>
> I did a similar check and found that they were organisations without a
> base. What is even more disturbing is that they seem to read the minutes
> of our meetings - AC and EC and follow up from the notes with requests for
> letters of invitation.
>
> Almost all the e-mails have come from Nigeria. I do not waste time on
> these mails any more.
>
> Thanks for sharing this. I wonder how many others have met with this
> irritation.
>
> But my apologies to my Nigerian colleagues. I suggest that one way to deal
> with this probelm is to refer all such requests to ICOM Nigeria for follow
> up or comment.
>
> Amar
>
> > Dear ICOM colleagues,
> >
> > In connection with the forthcoming ICME conference in Romania, we have
> > received some registrations from different parts of Africa, but
> > particularly Nigeria, where we have not succeded in confirming the
> > identity of the person/institution/organization. They do not ask for
> > money, but seem to want an answer confirming their conference
registration
> > or a letter of invitation. Both can of course be used to secure a visa
to
> > a European country.
> >
> > I suspect this is a new variant from the Nigerian swindlers we know too
> > well. This suspicion was strengthened when I searched on the internet on
> > the name of one of the institutions and found no web page connected to
it,
> > but two persons allegedly coming from that institution registered as
> > participants at an international conference.
> >
> > Do any one of you have similar experiences or know something more about
> > this?
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Per
> >
> > Per B. Rekdal
> > ICME president
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