[Woodcarver] wood carver from India

[Byron]

The name for what I believe he was trying accomplish is Advance Fee Fraud.   Sometimes refered to as Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud or 419.  It's a scam that's been around for many years.  Recently there's been many twists and turns on the same scheme.  The pattern of his initial post and then playing the "guilt" card leads me to believe that's what he was doing.  Then Mike indicated the guy asked for money, which is exactly how the scheme works.  You send your money and he'll come back for more until you catch on.  Lots of people seem to get taken in by this type of activity and guilt card works quite well. 

Now back to your regularly scheduled carving topics.



-----Original Message-----

>From: ALTillio at aol.com

>Sent: Oct 24, 2006 4:26 PM

>To: woodcarver at six.pairlist.net

>Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] wood carver from India

>Hi,

I don't think people are upset about someone trying to make money.
It is more about the way he is going about.
Trying to make people feel guilty is not a way to get help.
It builds resentment in most people.
Things may be bad for him in his country, but things are not always great here. Most of us have work very hard to get where we are and what we have.
India, or whatever it may have been called, was there long before there was a US.
Instead of working to make their own country better they look to us for help.
It really should be the other way around.
Asking us to pay for the privilege of helping him seems way out of order.
If you believe you have something worth selling you should be willing to send a sample of what you are doing.
I can't imagine asking someone to pay me to receive a sample of my work.
I also don't think we should be making excuse for him in the way it is translated. It is not so much his word's but the attitude that comes through that is offensive.
Audrey

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