[meteorite-list] SCAMS from Morocco
From: Mike Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:13 2004 Message-ID: <3A9C624D.C85C23BB_at_concentric.net> --------------59865F6297A9ECEFB6E3D7B2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You are lucky. I have not had these problems on every trip, just sometimes. French has nothing to do with a car company saying you wrecked the car and want you to pay $20,000 for it, or stealing money from you at the bank. I also know the exchange rate, that is how I caught them each time. You must have your own calculator and know what you re getting beforehand. I have traveled the world, been to 25 countries, and 5 continents, scams are everywhere, watch out for them! Mike Farmer Impactika_at_aol.com wrote: > Strange! > > I went to Morocco last May, I spent 2 weeks there. I rented a car from > the > Hertz office in Marrakech, using my Visa card. I got the bill some 6 > weeks > after I had returned here, and the bill was correct. > I bought a lot of minerals (NO meteorites) and had to get more money > on my > card 3 or 4 times, and had no problem with anyone of the banks I used. > I had > checked the exchange rate ahead of time, knew exactly how many dinars > I was > supposed to get, and got exactly that every time. > And I had no problem with any one of the many mineral dealers I bought > from. > > Are mineral dealers more honest? > Or is it because I speak french? > Or am I tremendously lucky? > > Anne Black > http://www.IMPACTIKA.com > IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com > http://www.TheMineralCompany.com --------------59865F6297A9ECEFB6E3D7B2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> You are lucky. I have not had these problems on every trip, just sometimes. French has nothing to do with a car company saying you wrecked the car and want you to pay $20,000 for it, or stealing money from you at the bank. <br>I also know the exchange rate, that is how I caught them each time. You must have your own calculator and know what you re getting beforehand. <br>I have traveled the world, been to 25 countries, and 5 continents, scams are everywhere, watch out for them! <br>Mike Farmer <p>Impactika_at_aol.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Strange!</font></font> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>I went to Morocco last May, I spent 2 weeks there. I rented a car from the</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Hertz office in Marrakech, using my Visa card. I got the bill some 6 weeks</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>after I had returned here, and the bill was correct.</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>I bought a lot of minerals (NO meteorites) and had to get more money on my</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>card 3 or 4 times, and had no problem with anyone of the banks I used. I had</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>checked the exchange rate ahead of time, knew exactly how many dinars I was</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>supposed to get, and got exactly that every time.</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>And I had no problem with any one of the many mineral dealers I bought from.</font></font> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Are mineral dealers more honest?</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Or is it because I speak french?</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Or am I tremendously lucky?</font></font> <p><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>Anne Black</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1><A HREF="http://www.IMPACTIKA.com">http://www.IMPACTIKA.com</A></font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1>IMPACTIKA_at_aol.com</font></font> <br><font face="arial,helvetica"><font size=-1><A HREF="http://www.TheMineralCompany.com">http://www.TheMineralCompany.com</A></font></font></blockquote> </html> --------------59865F6297A9ECEFB6E3D7B2-- Received on Tue 27 Feb 2001 09:28:29 PM PST |
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