JOY FISHER mailto:jfisher@ucla.edu wanted to hear from anyone who had info "stolen" by this outfit. [See bottom of SCAM message.] Kathy in Nevada ----- Original Message ----- From: lynda durfee <durfee_lynda@tmac.com> To: <BLANKENSHIP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [BLANKENSHIP] Fwd: Genealogy Scam ??? > And when you scroll to bottom and click on "about us" you get the 404 > message. > > Lynda Durfee > > Dotbdot@aol.com wrote: > > > > --part1_83.6000f3.26e98276_boundary > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > Found this on the Barbour Co., W VA list. Does anyone have any idea what > > this is about? Has anyone had anything like this happen to them? D.H. > > > > > > Resent-Sender: WVBARBOU-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > > I received this and several similar ones on various mailing lists. I'm not > > sure if there's a scam going on or not, but it might be prudent to > > investigate before plunking down your hard-earned cash to join. - Curt > > > > <quote> > > I received this message after it was forwarded to the INGENWEB state > > coordinator: > > > > About 2 weeeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives submitter > > that her materials were found on a genealogy subscription service: > > > > www.familydiscovery.com > > > > The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that they were > > linking to her files housed on her server, but shrink-wrapped inside a > > frame so it appears to be THEIR work. About 10 days ago, to investigate > > this, I signed up with familydiscovery. To date, I have not received a > > user id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web site > > gave bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One number goes to a > > recorded message line; the other to a carpet company. Some of the e-mail > > adds on their web site bounce. > > > > Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it appears that > > several folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > > > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > > > > The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to come from > > USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC stuff seems to come from > > non-USGW sites. None of the materials seem to be housed at either > > rootsweb or usgennet. > > > > If anyone out there is or has been a member of familydiscovery -- or > > has been ripped off by them, I ["Joy Fisher" jfisher@ucla.edu>] would > > like to hear from you. > > > > Permission is granted to forward this message. > > > > <unquote> > > > > --part1_83.6000f3.26e98276_boundary-- > > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > > Judith Manley has her BLANKENSHIP's online at http://Yelnam.tripod.com/. Take a look! > > > ==== BLANKENSHIP Mailing List ==== > Please remember to post your family information putting the SURNAME in all caps and using dates and places. The more information you provide, the easier it is for someone to make a connection. > >