[D9640general] [eFlash_Rotary] Digest Number 727

[Garry & Anne Krischock]

1. 
1394: New e-mail scam targeting Rotarians From: Sunil K Zachariah 
  2. 
  1395: Peace forums explore Rotary's role in bridging differences From: Sunil K Zachariah 
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  1. 1394: New e-mail scam targeting Rotarians 
Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:10 pm (PST) 
New e-mail scam targeting Rotarians 

Rotary International has learned about a new e-mail phishing scam 
targeting Rotarians.

The scam e-mail claims that a deceased Rotarian has left money to the 
e-mail recipient to be donated to philanthropic efforts. The sender, 
who claims to be the executor of the will, then asks for the 
recipient's personal information, including a copy of the 
individual's passport and driver's license, in order to claim the 
inheritance. 

Here is an example of the scam that is circulating: 

Last and Final Notification of Bequest. 

Congratulation! 

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Rotarian 
Mark Andreoni,I write to notify you that my late client made you a 
beneficiary to the bequest sum of Ten Million US Dollars in the 
codicil to his will and last testament. 

My client decided to bequeath his estate to a fellow member of Rotary 
Club with a good track record. Rotarian Mark Andreoni (late) before 
his demise has no child nor wife to bequeath his estate to. In view 
of that, RotarianMark Andreoni (late), made you a beneficiary in his 
will. Rotarian Mark Andreoni,died on 14th day February 2006 after a 
brief illness. Until his death he wasconsultant to several oil and 
gas industries. He had a sojourn in the United States and so many 
other countries before he came to Cairn Energy PLCan oil and gas 
exploration and production company based in the United Kingdom. 
MyClient, Rotarian Mark Andreoni was the president of Rotary Club of 
ABINGDON-ENGLAND,with club number: 0000039890, District: 1180, he was 
a dedicated christian and a philantropist . 

This bequest is to support your activities,humanitarian services and 
help to the less-privileged. 

Please if you receive this email as expected, you should endeavor to 
get back to meas soon as possible to enable me conclude my legal 
duty, you should forward along your current telephone and fax 
numbers, your current occupation, age and mailing address. Also to be 
sent to me is the biodata page of your international passport or 
drivers licence as a proper identification. 

Once again, I congratulate you for this is a significant honor 
indeed. 

Yours Sincerely, 
Barrister Dezi Daniel (Sectional Head) 
Probate and Bequest Division For: TRAVERS ROLAND 
BRAITHWAITE & PARTNERS 

Since there may be other e-mail scams targeting Rotarians or Rotary 
clubs, please note that RI does not solicit funds through e-mail, nor 
does it ask that personal information be updated by e-mail or other 
electronic means. RI encourages Rotarians to avoid becoming victims 
of these scams by deleting any e-mail that appears suspicious. 

Source: Rotary International Website
Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary


2. 1395: Peace forums explore Rotary's role in bridging differences 
 Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:13 pm (PST) 
Peace forums explore Rotary's role in bridging differences
By Joseph Derr 
Rotary International News 

More than 1,000 Rotarians and guests from dozens of countries 
gathered recently for three Rotary Presidential Peace Forums, which 
concluded in Nairobi, Kenya, on 20 September. Organized by RI 
President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson, the forums were established to 
discuss Rotary's role in building peace worldwide. 

In Nairobi, Colin Bruce of the World Bank and David Ojut Okello of 
the World Health Organization spoke to 250 participants from 26 
countries, commending Rotary for its polio eradication initiative. 
Lively discussions among participants centered on how Rotary clubs in 
Africa can partner with their Rotary colleagues around the world to 
help bring peace and stability to troubled regions on the continent. 

At the 1 September forum in Istanbul, which coincided with the UN 
World Peace Day, RI Director Örsçelik Balkan stressed that Rotarians, 
through Rotary's unique "human-to-human" network, can foster 
international understanding in the Middle East and other areas of the 
world. Keynote speakers included Suleyman Demirel, the former 
president of Turkey, Abdul Salam Majali, former prime minister of 
Jordan, and Hikmet Çetin, who served as NATO's senior civilian 
representative in Afghanistan.

Demirel said he was confident that Rotary, as a worldwide 
nongovernmental organization, can make a difference. "Conflicts, 
their management and resolution are essentially state-driven 
exercises, but this perception is changing," he said. "Civil society 
is becoming a key actor in conflict prevention and resolution 
processes. This meeting is certainly a significant step in this 
direction, and I applaud Rotary for this commendable initiative." 

The first peace forum in Boyana, Bulgaria, in August, invited 
participants to discuss the possibilities of peace, with a focus on 
the Balkans. The event kicked off in Sofia with a gala dinner hosted 
by Wilkinson, in which he rang a traditional bell at the National 
Museum of History and presented the charters of five new Bulgarian 
Rotary clubs. At the forum, RI Director Balkan reminded attendees of 
Rotary's mission. "We bring hope. And we have been doing this for 
more than one hundred years. We shall continue practicing it as we 
start writing the second chapter of Rotary history," Balkan said. 

Brigitta von Messling, a former Rotary World Peace Fellow who works 
at a Berlin-based nongovernmental organization that provides conflict 
resolution training in the Western Balkans, spoke about the worldwide 
network of Rotary Centers for International Studies alumni like 
herself who are working for peace. She challenged Rotarians to work 
in their own communities to build peace through their leadership. 

"You Rotarians are leaders and role models in your municipalities," 
she said. "Just by changing your actions, you have the power to be an 
example to others. By doing something that seemed impossible, you 
show that we can dream and that change is possible."

With reporting by Ahmet S. Tükel (Rotary Dergisi), Nasko Nachev 
(Rotary in Bulgaria), and Carol Pandak, PolioPlus manager 

Courtesy: eFlash_Rotary
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