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