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

[Jim Strope]

Actually, we do have a term for American scams. It's called Wall Street.  

Jim Strope
421 4th Street
Glen Dale, WV. 26038

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On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:20 AM, Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
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> 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,
>>>>>> 
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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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