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 > > ########################################### > > > > This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft > > Exchange. > > For more information, connect to http://www.F-Secure.com/ > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > > > Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the > > archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the > archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html ########################################### This message has been scanned by F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange. For more information, connect to http://www.F-Secure.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html