Harald Armin Massa wrote: > I just checked the business track and found two submissions of > macedonian students, who think that attending the conference will really > pimp up their life. > > Of course everybody is welcome; but it smells a little fishy. Does > anybody know of an actual "I am xxxx ungdu from macedonia" scam?
If the name is 'ungdu' it's not a Macedonian ;-) We get a few of these each year for Python-UK/ACCU, usually Nigeria, but never from that part of the world. Most "Former Yugoslav Republics" have no trouble entering the EU for visits. But Switzerland is not EU and a glance at their site tells me Macedonians need visas. There's a list here in 3 languages (not English): http://www.weisungen.bfm.admin.ch/einreise/visumvorschriften_f.asp I usually find it amusing to tell these people that I have a duty to prove all applicants are bona fide, and I them to demonstrate some knowledge of Python or that they work in the business. One guy a couple of years back made a huge excuse about burned down offices, exploding fax machines and why he could not prove to me that he was really a professional programmer, then eventually managed to quote back verbatim the first paragraph from www.python.org as proof of his "expertise"! This was remarkable initiative; all others have gone away rather quickly after the first reply. - Andy Robinson _______________________________________________ EuroPython mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython
