Think the lesson here is no free trial requires credit details and be wary of giving passwords as well especially if you use it for credit or privacy details. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "janette" <jan.lier@bigpond.com> To: <AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 3:22 PM Subject: [A.G.R. ] Fw: [SCT-INV] Genealogy Scam? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Caddell" <bcaddell@hcnews.com> > To: <SCT-INVERNESS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 12:46 PM > Subject: [SCT-INV] Genealogy Scam? > > > > Hi Everyone: > > > > I just received the following and thought I'd pass it along to all of you. > > > > "...The old genealogy scam is back. www.genseekers.com > > > > Behind the password protection are links to the free > > genealogy on-line. There is no content of their own. > > > > In order to get the "5-day free trial" you have to > > surrender a credit card or bank account number. You > > have to cancel within 5 days or you get dinged. Guess > > what? The cancellation e-mail bounces. Does this > > surprise you? > > > > One person who recently fell for the come-on had > > his/her account dinged not once, but twice. > > > > It is time to remind folks on your state and county > > mailing lists about these scoundrels. It has been a > > couple of years since we have mentioned this. > > > > Permission is granted to pass this on." > > > > Be Aware............ > > > > Bill Caddell > > ListOwner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Mailing List ==== > Have you visited AUSSIE-GEN-RESEARCH Web site yet? > Please do? And do sign our visitors book? > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ausgenres/ > ************************************************************************ > SAVE OUR CENSUS! ON 7 AUG 2001 TICK "YES" > Want to know more? > See: http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/~affho/affho-07.htm > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > ==================================================== > Searchable Archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-GEN-RESEARCH -L > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >