Lonely Planet™ · Thorn Tree Forum · 2020

Sand Sample from Wallis & Futuna

Country forums / Pacific Islands & Papua New Guinea / Wallis and Futuna Islands

Hi there,

is there anybody going to Wallis & Futune the next months, and could collect a sand sample from a beach and bringing it back to me or sending me by post to me ?

I am a sand collector with around 6000 Sand Samples from nearly all over the world. There is only Wallis & Futuna missing in my country list, so i am looking now over 7 years to get a sand sample from there for my sand collection. I am happy to pay the postage by paypal or so, or if you live in Europe, i can transfer you the money by online banking.

http://www.sand-collection.com

Thanks.

Daniel
(from Stuttgart/Germany)

Sand collector? Transfer money by online banking?

You're not Nigerian by any chance now, are you?

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Hey IB- this one looks perhaps legit- I think it sounds pretty cool-I rather wish I had done something like that in my wanderings.

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In fact it was at least quite popular in Germany as souvenir taking; sand from the beaches visited used to be put in those small plastic boxes for the Kodak films. Those were the days ...

Check his website - it is quite impressive. He even has a sand sample from Pitcairn. Tokelau is still missing as well though

And why would a Nigerian scammer actually offer to send you money by online banking ...?

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He would not send any for sure, take yours from your account once you've sent him your number! ;-)

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