I join Per in thanking everyone for this information. INTERCOM and CMA
both regularly receive this requests and we were never sure how to handle
them. Now we do! Hit the delete button!!!
Thanks again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Bjørn Rekdal" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 10:38 AM
Subject: SV: Fake conference registrations?
> Thank you to all for informative contributions with sensible advice on how
> to handle fake conference registrations. Maybe a short notice with
> information and advice in ICOM News would be a good idea? After all, new
> boards with no previous experience are elected every 3 years, so a warning
> to all ICOM members through ICOM News might be appropriate.
>
> Per
>
> -----Opprinnelig melding-----
> Fra: David Elliott [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sendt: 12. august 2003 03:54
> Til: [log in to unmask]
> Emne: Re: Fake conference registrations?
>
>
> 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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