[meteorite-list] Shirokovsky update

From: Ryan Darby <rdarby_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:40 2004
Message-ID: <9CA31A462625B047BD8647980CB556CD2CB7C5_at_iserver.COMLABS.COM.AU>

I think that Matteo means the financial losses made by people are
private. The scam itself is very public, and no one would disagree. Such
forums as ours are the most effective way to do it, but not everyone
will want to make public that they were taken in. On the other hand, the
more that is made public now, the more effective the warning to others
contemplating such a scam will be.=20



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Farmer [mailto:farmerm_at_concentric.net]=20
Sent: Wednesday, 18 June 2003 9:29 AM
To: M come Meteorite Meteorites; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Shirokovsky update

Actually Matteo, this is not a private affair, it is a very very public
affair. The entire meteorite community was scammed, they pulled it over
on
collectors, dealers and even scientists, much time and money has been
wasted. For your information, the woman has refused to answer my emails,
so
I put it out publicly. They seem to be so nice on the one side but when
it
is time to ante up, they are nowhere to be found. I assume that as a
meteorite community, we need to stick together and when a scam like this
is
found out, we should certainly all try to make it public so that more
people
do not get hurt.
Mike Farmer
Or am I wrong on this one? Please answer open to anyone.
Received on Wed 18 Jun 2003 02:57:19 AM PDT