I am forwarding this because I have been asked to. FOLKS. It is getting that time of the year again. These scam artists are climbing out of the woodwork. I hate to admit this but my own Mother was taken. She knows how I love this genealogy thing. She ordered the Glover book and let me tell you. It is just a bunch of names. Looks like it came from the phone book. Please be careful. Ask before you buy. Just bet that someone will know about a good book and will it will come from a good source. I don't like to pass along this kind of info. it makes some people mad. But I think in this case it will benefit everyone. Margie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Gieger" <giegerg@hotmail.com> To: <GEORGIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 5:51 PM Subject: [GEORGIA] Family YearBook SCAM is BACK! > You may receive one with your family name inserted...Beware! and tell your > relatives, too... > **************** > As I was leaving last week for MS & GA, I received duplicate pieces of mail > from Morphcorp LLC, dba The Gieger Family News - Maxwell and Christina > Gieger, 1181 S Parker Rd #105, Denver CO 80231, (303)751-0869" (I bet this > is a mail box to go) offering a Book and CD ROM purported to contain "all > the Gieger records" at the pre-publication price of $34.95 plus a $5.00 > "order processing fee." > > > Never heard of them... > > > Two of my sons got that same mailing... > > > At least, they admit that it is raw data which you will need Word- > Processing software to access...but not to worry because "your kid > can figure it out" This bothers me because they are preying on > un-informed people... > > > One thing that caught my eye is, they proclaim that Nona Gieger set > the Family Longevity record. WELL you don't say... Nona was my PATERNAL > Grandmother and although she did live 100 years, 9 months, she was a > COFFMAN who married a GIEGER...My grandfather died at 49. > > > Another thing - "Did you know that 25 Gieger households live in > FLORIDA in 1999(which is the largest state gathering.)(We've got the counts > in all states.)" Well, of course we knew...Many of Felix Gieger's > descendants migrated there...and some of Cornelius' did, too. > > > DON'T BE TAKEN IN BY THIS - Unless you have money to burn, it will > likely not benefit you. If you have extra money, give it to Rootsweb and > you will get a much bigger "Bang-for-the-Buck" People on this list know > more than any "rip-off" artists... > > > Sorry to say, while I was in MS someone handed me a book which was > one of those Bailey books from Ohio purporting to be their "Family History." > It had a lot of information about how to start searching, and on the > family of the author(who is not related and as I recall, went to Jail for > mail Fraud). Also, I saw a different colored copy with that same > information for another Family in the Collins, MS Library...They have blanks > in the back for you to fill in your own data. Virtually Worthless. > > > It is likely that you may have or will receive a mailing like this > in the near future, with your family name or other surnames. I just wanted > to make sure that you are aware of what you are getting...a lot of names, > addresses, and phone numbers which you can get right off the Internet for > FREE... > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > ==== GEORGIA Mailing List ==== > > >