Fellow listers, This deserves your attention and action should you receive one of these spams on your off-list email. Let's all do our est to help nail these guys. ----- Original Message ----- From: Linda Emerson <lindae@mlode.com> > It looks like the fictitious Family Discovery genealogy service has > moved to Prodigy now.  I contacted Prodigy this morning and they have > asked that anyone who receives solicitation email from > familydiscovery.com to take the following steps immediately: > > 1)  Forward the entire Family Discovery message to:  abuse@prodigy.com > > 2)  Include the following information (most of which was provided by > Rita from the Oconto County, WI list): > > *Please note that the attached message is now being sent through your ISP > service.  They have been reported to various State Attorney General's > Office on computer fraud, but it is hard to catch up with them. > Originally the "company" linked to free information sites and placed the > pages in "frames" so that it looked like it was their own work. > Customers paid for that information.  The scam, now, is paying for the > free information links and then they "move" frequently and leave their > paid-up customers without services.* > > 3)  Post these same instructions on any other lists today so that > Prodigy has a better chance of finding the spammers. > > -- > Linda Emerson > Coordinator - Union Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie/townships/Union.htm Best Regards, Sharon CAMARIPO List step-mom