[meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:20:18 -0700
Message-ID: <C3994FC2-B789-4C4D-AF4F-CB36CA361F98_at_meteoriteguy.com>

What are you saying? Yes, except we don't really have a term for "american" scams other than scams, but Nigeria is the scam capital of the world, pretty much all the country is known for now.
Everyone with a pulse and an electronic device has been victim of "Nigerian" scams.
My comment was that this scam is so crazy, so over the top, demanding billions to trillions of dollars, it can only be described as "Nigerian":)
Michael Farmer

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 19, 2013, at 8:15 AM, Darryl Pitt <darryl at dof3.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> If the roles of the players here were reassigned different nationalities?such that the complainant were American?would you be railing about this being..."an American scam of some sort"?
>
>
>
> On Apr 18, 2013, at 7:00 PM, Michael Farmer wrote:
>
>> One can not just walk up and "give" a meteorite to the US embassy. None of this story makes any sense. Furthermore unless he has a receipt, he would have nothing to file a claim. He also would have some trouble since that was more than 20 years ago!
>> Like I said, Nigerian scam of some sort.
>> Funny though.
>> I'll sell him a nice Mbale for only a few million and call it a day.
>> Michael Farmer
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:56 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> Let's make assumptions, shall we?
>>>
>>> Assume the man did give a Mbale meteorite to the US Embassy.
>>>
>>> Assume the Mbale stone in question is a large, "museum-class"
>>> individual with fresh crust, regmaglypts, and it weighs 2 kilos.
>>>
>>> Assume the meteorite was a "loaner" and the giver had the expectation
>>> or right to get it back at some point in the future.
>>>
>>> Even with all of those assumptions, the stone is worth, at most, a
>>> couple thousand dollars - tops, under the best of circumstances.
>>>
>>> If money is what the guy is after and he wants the fair market value,
>>> give him a new iPhone and a $200 iTunes gift card, and call it even.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> MikeG
>>>
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>>> On 4/18/13, Dan Miller <dannyspl12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I like the line where it says the value of the cargo or meteorite is
>>>> worth billions if not trillions of dollars
>>>> On Apr 18, 2013 1:38 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <
>>>> meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Billions or trillions of dollars for a chunk of Mbale?
>>>>>
>>>>> Somebody is smoking something.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> MikeG
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>>>>> On 4/18/13, Tom Randall <tommy2005 at hvc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>>>> http://bit.ly/12qrXT9
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>
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