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Re: Campo del Cielo Meteorites - Official ArgentineGovernmentNotice

Hi Guys & List:  There is not the slightest question in my mind that the
subject email is a legitimate warning notice by a zealous, state-level
Argentine official who has been watching  current eBay auctions offering
Campo meteorites and wants to use some extraordinary initiative to make
a name for himself.  I had immediately discounted the chance of a joke
as I believed that the artful language used was beyond the expertise of
a state-side, meteorite-wise prankster who saw my Campo bid on eBay.
Also, I was already aware of the existence of a U.S. treaty with Mexico,
having similar language, covering pre-Columbian items.   The preliminary
detective work done by the Chief Deputy of the Meteorite Sheriff's
Posse, Dave Andrews, confirms that belief. It doesn't compute that
someone in Argentina, the source of the email, would bother to play that
kind of game.  Of course, if I get another message telling me that my
problem can be fixed for $100., I might reconsider that point. ;¬)
Trust my instincts, folks, the warning notice is real !  Re: Jim's
question about the choice of service provider, I say Why Not?  The price
is right, it's easily accessible, and goes from and to the right places
to accomplish the sender's mission.  From a practical standpoint, I
believe that only the exporters and major U.S. sellers  need to be at
all concerned, 'tho I personally wouldn't want to win the bidding on
that very large quantity of a South American meteorite (Campo?) that is
currently being sold on eBay.   Based on his past service to the
meteorite community, I can guess that Dave will confirm the authenticity
of the email in question by enlisting the help of the domain postmaster
and/or making direct email contact with the sender.  It would seem
appropriate at that point for someone to: 1.contact the U.S. State
Department or Attorney General to receive confirmation  that meteorite
purchasers in the U.S. indeed have at least a theoretical risk of losing
some of their collection to designated countries having treaties with
the U.S. which permit search, seizure and confiscation; and 2. so notify
the meteorite community.  Any volunteers?   Cheers, Joel

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200.5.70.7	arwen.sinectis.com.ar.

Here is the server/domain that sent the notes thru yahoo.  It doesn't
mention anything about government, but it did come from Argentina.  My
theory is that some Argentinan saw you purchase these, or saw something
on the web in reference to you guys buying/possessing them?

Just a theory,
Dave
                    

Jim Strope wrote:

> Still unanswered........  What do you think of the Argentine govt using a
> yahoo email account?

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