We here in SA have known about the scam for a long while. Obviously since we are one the same continent, we were the first target. Before email, these scams were send by mail to companies. According to a magazine article, a few people have been caught like that. Don't know where the email came from, but the country code on the tel. no. is not for SA. Quentin -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics