Dear all, Probably, the last message on this subject. CIDOC has received at least 3 similar messages for the annual conference in St. Petersburg. The board has decided to refuse all such requests, after a short checking on the names of the persons. So, ICME took the right decision, also. Dr. Virgil Stefan NITULESCU CIDOC editor > > 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/ > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - > > === message truncated === ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html