Hello,

I also receive a lot of emails from Nigeria, but also Sierra leone, Ivory
Coast, South Africa, Mali, Congo etc...  I think I daily delete about 10
such messages.. ahh all the money I could have had...

More information about this scam can be found on the site of the US secret
service http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/financial_crimes.shtml#Nigerian

How these people ever got my email address is also mystery.  I guess there
will always be people who take advantage of the internet and email to find
victims.  They will set up scams, try to get your money etc...
Unfortunately it also happens in the shellworld and fortunately they are
forums like conch-L to warn people.  Thanks for the warning about th
Indonesian shell orders.  I also got a very nice order, but thanks to
previous messages on conch-L I did not really get excited about it.

Rika







*********************************************************

Fernand De Donder & Rika Goethaels
Melsbroeksestraat 21
1800 Vilvoorde - Peutie
BELGIUM
tel 0032 (0)2 253 99 54
fax 0032 (0)2 252 37 15
e-mail : [log in to unmask]
visit our website at : http://www.molluscs.net/Fernand/index.html

Specimen shells & books on shells, free lists on request
10 min from Zaventem Brussels airport - visitors welcome