[meteorite-list] Scam Artist - Joel Samson - FakeLunar Meteorites

[Anita Westlake]

Hi Al and all:
  I like the idea of a list of possible scammers and their suspect meteorites. I 
would err on the side of caution though, and hope the list be extremely careful 
about "name calling" in the event someone would be inclined to sue for 
defamation. I wouldn't use words like "scammer" or "fraud" or anything with a 
bad connotation. Perhaps something less jolting like "suspected" or "alleged" 
might be better?
  Good luck. I hope the list comes to fruition.
Anita



----- Original Message ----
From: al mitt <almitt at kconline.com>
To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Cc: Chris Spratt <cspratt at islandnet.com>
Sent: Thu, May 12, 2011 8:57:42 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Scam Artist - Joel Samson - FakeLunar Meteorites

Hi Gary, Greg H., Chris and all,

Two names have come up recently as scammers. Joel Samson and Todd Parker. We
also know of another guy from the Chicago area that is a fraud. What I would
like to see is a list of people and companies that are known to be selling
fakes, mis-representing material and so forth. I am not talking about
someone who has made a mistake.

In order to qualify, the person or company in question would have to have
evidence that would support their efforts to be purposely doing something
wrong. I wouldn't want a witch hunt or dealers who don't like other dealers,
trying to put people on this list. I know this is probably going to open a
can of worms BUT it is important to know suspect con artists, frauds and
people and companies who are just not getting the fact we don't like our
collections messed up.

Does a list already exist? If not it sure would be nice to have one that
could be shared with the collecting community from time to time. Other input
appreciated.

--AL Mitterling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Fujihara" <fujmon at mac.com>
To: "Chris Spratt" <cspratt at islandnet.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Scam Artist - Joel Samson - FakeLunar
Meteorites


> I've asked the administrator of the Meteorites group on Facebook to remove
> this person from the group.  Hopefully this will put a damper on his
> shenanigans, but probably nothing short of legal action will make him
> cease and desist.
>
> gary
>
> On May 11, 2011, at 8:50 AM, Chris Spratt wrote:
>
>> Never was my friend on Facebook yet he managed to post things in a group
>> I belong to. Is there a way to unfriend someone from a group?
>>
>> Chris Spratt
>> (Via my iPhone)
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