On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Sean Carolan &lt;<a href="mailto:scarolan@gmail.com">scarolan@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
This is a bit naive and childish:<br><br>&quot;how terribly shocking...I suggest also blocking China, &#39;cause they&#39;re commies, and France because they eat frogs&quot;<br><br>The OP is not discriminating against Africa because of government systems, skin color, or diet.&nbsp; He is trying to reduce lost revenue, credit card refunds and time due to fraudulent orders that almost all originate from the African continent.&nbsp; The reality is that Nigeria is the 419 internet scam capital of the world, and the Nigerian scammers sometimes work from other African nations or even the UK.&nbsp; If someone in Africa really, really must have something that Matt sells then they should pay with Western Union or international money order instead of a credit card.<br>

<br></blockquote></div><br>Ever heard of the Western Union scam?&nbsp; No offense to anyone in any other country, but personally I prefer to deal with people in the US who are covered by US laws.&nbsp; My comments above had absolutely nothing to do with race, color, nationality, religion, etc.&nbsp; It&#39;s because it&#39;s easier to go after someone legally if they try to rip me off and they are in the same country as me.&nbsp; And I know there a lot of businesses that have taken the same stance on who they will sell products to.<br>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>-matt