--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. --part1_83.6000f3.26e98276_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <WVBARBOU-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (rly-zd04.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.228]) by air-zd05.mail.aol.com (v75_b3.11) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:21:36 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.123]) by rly-zd04.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Sep 2000 23:21:14 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e873JmK24968; Wed, 6 Sep 2000 20:19:48 -0700 Resent-Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 20:19:48 -0700 X-Original-Sender: curtmalone@erols.com Wed Sep 6 20:19:47 2000 Message-ID: <002601c0187a$f57d9a20$dc87a4d8@cmalone6> From: "Curt Malone" <curtmalone@erols.com> Old-To: <WVBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: Genealogy Scam ??? Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 23:23:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.3018.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Resent-Message-ID: <mNxiVB.A.mFG.Ulwt5@lists5.rootsweb.com> To: WVBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: WVBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <WVBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/550 X-Loop: WVBARBOU-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list 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--