Marilyn- It is definitely spam and not appropriate for ANY of our genealogy message boards. It breaks board posting rules in a variety of ways: 1) not genealogy, 2)possible scam, 3) cross-posted, 4) not specifically relevant to the board it is posted on (only the locality has been changed to attempt to make it relevant). Joan In a message dated 12/15/2009 2:07:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Tribehunter@aol.com writes: There was a message posted on my BUTLER surname board that I'm not sure belongs there. http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.butler/8238/mb.ashx If you click on the "View Posts" link, this person has posted similar messages on other boards. Could this be a scam? It's the first time I've ever seen any post looking for cancer survivors to make claims against the US government. See this one: _http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.hawaii.unknown/181 3/mb.ashx_ (http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.hawaii.unknown/181 3/mb.ashx) Opinions anyone? Thanks, Marilyn