I was made aware after my initial posting that Eric Twelker also has a genuine
piece of NWA 5K on his website which was obtained through legitimate channels.
My intent was not to exclude dealers or collectors who have legitimate pieces
of
this meteorite for sale, only make prospective
Hello Folks,
It was brought to my attention that Joel Samson posted some meteorites for
sale on Facebook today. One of them is a definite fake 5000, a questionable
Haberer Meteorites Dhofar 908 and some other offerings.
Here are a couple of the images he posted on the Meteorites Group in
I think this guy may be more foolish and naive
than devious. Here are some messages I revived from him.
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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:06:50 +0800
From: Joel Samson joel.m...@gmail.com
To: koro...@wustl.edu
Subject: Fwd: Pix 3
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Dear List Members,
This is yet another attempt by a psychopath alias Joel Samson to defraud the
meteorite market. This is not NWA 5K. Every piece of the most spectacular and
highest appraised meteorite in the world over a couple of grams has its own
portfolio, serial number and is recorded
Hi Adam, Randy, and List,
Thank you for posting his. Lately (the last couple of months), I have
been much more careful about who I approve as a friend on Facebook.
Fortunately, this person is not on my friends list, but, I do have 13
out of 2100 friends who have approved this person as a friend.
Aloha Greg, Siggi and listoids,
I noticed this Joel Samson person on Facebook over a year ago, and at that time
he was just hawking anonymous lunar and martian 'meteorites'. I suggested that
he have his specimens tested by a qualified laboratory before making such
claims as a sales pitch. He
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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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:
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