Talk to the local credit agency and find out what their credit is like.
Ask for business references - e.g. his suppliers.
Contact the "establishments around the world" by phone and get a sense of
how reliable/truthful he is.
Ask for some pre-payment, e.g. 50%, and arrange that your bills will be
paid when you deliver them. You can relax this as you get to know them.
The important thing is to get paid, not whether his scheme is too
ambitious or not.
Good luck, tOM
On Thursday, August 29, 2002 at 9:59, Olaf Greve <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "[OM] [OT] World Academy of Medicine" saying:
> Hi guys,
>
> This is a totally off-topic message, but perhaps someone can enlighten me
> somewhat here.
>
> The question: have you ever heard of "The World Academy of Medicine"?
>
> I'm asking this as their "president" (who lives in my neighbourhood, and is
> the father of one of Karol's friends) is asking me to do a lot of work for
> them. The thing is, if you look at http://www.worldacademyofmedicine.org ,
> his name is listed as president. Now, supposedly he has lots of titles,
> including the one of medical doctor; yet the neighbourhood both he and I
> live in, is at best so-so, and certainly not one in which one would expect a
> doctor to live.
>
> The above domain has been registered by himself (organisation name = World
> Academy of Medicine, the listed address = his home address). Using Google I
> can't really find anything about them, and I could not find any listing
> whatsoever at the Dutch chamber of commerce. The copyright listed on the
> page is mentioned as 1991-2002, weird that nothing can be found on the
> Internet then...;)
>
> In other words: everything sounds fishy, vapour-ware like, or at best a new
> association in its start-up phase. However, if you look at the page, it
> _appears_ to be a big organisation, having lots of establishments all around
> the world....
>
> Now, I do not want to confront this guy too directly (yet) with some serious
> doubts about the organisation size etc., and want to do some research before
> hand. This is where perhaps you can help out a bit, by telling me
> (off-list), if the name rings any bells, and what the way would be to check
> in your country (especially in the USA and Canada) if this organisation is
> registered, etc.
>
> Thanks in advance, and sorry for the OT post, but I need some international
> help here...
> Olafo
>
>
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