Dear Per Rekdal -
This is just to confirm that ICOM Glass also had similar experience with
email requests from Nigeria. In fact, this has been going on for a number of
years, with the earliest letters coming in by fax to both the previous
president and secretary of ICOM Glass. After checking with several resources
available to us, first ICOM Paris and then personal professional contacts in
the region, we also decided to ignore such request for official invitations.
With best regards,
Jutta Page
Chair, ICOM Glass Committee
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Bjørn Rekdal [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 7:32 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fake conference registrations?
>
>
> 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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