----- 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 > >