For everyone's information - currently appears to be targeting mainly Nth American e-mail addresses ... -----Original Message----- From: Alan Paterson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 27 February 2001 00:54 Subject: Re: [LKS] www.familydiscovery.com >Beryl Graham wrote: >> >> I've just had an email from the above group asking me to submit my genealogy >> information and get a discounted membership (a one time fee) to their >> information. They also mention something called paypal. Does anyone know >> of them? Are they worth the money? Please help me with some information on >> this. Beryl in Canada >> Beryl Graham >> [email protected] > >I had a quick look at their web-site and especially the questionnaire >which they provided. This questionnaire was completly US-centred, so I >e-mailed them to request that they remove me from their mailing-list. > >My complaint e-mail bounced. I.e. they provide false e-mail addresses. > >I then analysed the source of the message using Spamcop. It turns out >that they are forging the From and Return addresses on mail they send. > >I.e. they are spammers. > >Ignore them, is my opinion. > >Alan >