I received this email. I'm sure some other collectors have as well. From a fabriacting/manufacturing company based out of Pakistan. Here's the body of the email:

BADGES & UNIFROM ACCESSORIES.‏

Dear Sir,

We are a based company Sialkot, Pakistan as Manufacturers & Exporters Since 1992 dealing

in all kinds of badges (Handmade, machine-made, metal) Civil-war uniforms and products, uniform accessories & accountrements, officer caps, berets, honor caps, wooden products etc, we are serving to world’s renowned companies, clubs, and associations. Our range is as under.





Badges & Accessories Catalogue:-







»New-Production 2007 | Nanba Creativity badges | Police Patches | Engineers Badges | R.A.O.B. Regalia |



| Masonic Regalia | Civil-war Insignia | Insignia Badges | Heraldic Items | Embroidery Buttons | Emblems |


| Embroidery Pillows | Anchor Thread | Family Crests | Fire Brigade | Cap Badges | Wings | Collar Tabs |



| Pocket Badges | Texas Patches | Air-Force Patches | Drum-Sashes | Round-Diameter badges | Flags |



| Bagpipe Banners | Club Patches | Bannerettes | Coat-of-Arms | Dog-Patches | Historic Patches | Peaks |



| Secret Service badges | Bullion Production Line | Metal, Brass, Wood Products | Machine-made Badges |



| Greek Bullion Banners | Clutch-Pins Badges | Shield Badges | Rossette | Caps Line Range | Ribbons |



| Officer & Forces Caps | German Forage Caps | Private Caps & Hats | Uniform Accessories | Glengarry |



| Berets All Kinds | Barmorals | Arguillette, Lanyards | Fringes All Kinds | Tassels All Kinds | Epaulette |



| Shoulder Cords | Gorget - cuffs | Sword - Knots | Shoulder Ranks | Braids All kinds | Chin Cords |Sticks |



| Hackles | Key Fobs | Masonic Aprons | Apron & Lodge Badges | Lodge Banners | Masonic Collars» .



Civil War Uniforms & Products Catalogue:-



Civil-War Uniforms



American civil-war Kepis




Leather Products





Buttons All-Periods




Badges & Accessories




Kids Civil-war





Ladies Civil-war




World War 1 & 11




Haversacks, Suspenders, Canteens














Please visit www.nanbasports.com for more information; we assure all co-operation in advance.



We have some leading customers in U.S.A, United Kingdom, Canada etc references can be provided for Quality Assurance & Services in advance prior to do business with Nanba Sports.



Just let us know your requirements and see our astonishing prices, excellent quality products, in time delivery for you.



Thanks and regards

Adeel Ayub

(Marketing Depot)



Nanba Sports

Rang Mahal Street, Rangpura

Sialkot (51310) Pakistan.

Tel:- +92-52-4594467

Fax:-+92-52-4604324

Mob:-+92-300-6147648

E-mail:- info@nanbasports.com

URL :- www.nanbasports.com



For UK customer we are registered with------Birmingham Chamber of Commerce & Industry-----

Nanba Sports: (Membership No: B22615). Confirmation can be attained by Mr. Don Bridges Tel: 0121-454-6171.



Note: - This is an introduction letter from Nanba Sports Marketing Department, to promote our sales if you don’t want to receive this letter again or updating products and services information from our company please send feedback to naeem.ayub@nanbasports.com for removal of your contact and sorry for any inconvenience from our side in advance :Nanba Sports:

SwordFish:

Maybe someone could ask these guys for some 'references'. We could find out which dealers are buying these items.



John

I think this guy posted here a couple of years ago. A long letter posted on EACH of our forums. He never showed up again.

Dave

you will find that this guy steals pictures from legitimite sights and uses them to front his wares so you never would know what you are getting in fact he has lifted police pictures I believe from this forum

PAUL

I get emails from this guy and similar other Asian outfits every week. One guy asked me to send him real collar tabs and he would reproduce them stitch by stitch.
Paul makes a great point. The stealing of pics is a dangerous practice. We are seeing this on Ebay and other auction sites and now from Asian dealers, very sad.
Relationships are very important in the hobby not just with dealers but with fellow collectors on forums such as this. The turkeys running these scams get identified here pretty quick. Trouble is the guys getting scammed are those not connected. I always wonder who the poor sod is that pays retail for some of the crap we see on Ebay....

Paul is correct..there is always a man that sets up at our shows here, dealing the Pakistani repro junk..he always cruises the tables looking for real armbands, collar tabs etc..so that he may have them reproduced 'more expertly' as he would say..most of the lads tell him to get on his bike..!!!

Here, they still have not weeded out the sale of tables to non-militaria dealers..

Getting back to my point. If we can find out whom he sells to, maybe we can smoke out his revenue stream and shut him down. If we know which dealers he sells to, we can shame them into not buying and selling this crap.

John

And still the best repros are not getting to the stich to stich. The best current repros are out from Europe.