Marilyn, I knew it was a hoax when you sent it. These e-mail scams, are not only annoying, but they are worse when they take up space on genealogy e-mail lists. There are a number of websites that will debunk most of these e-mails. http://www.hoax-slayer.com/area-code-809-scam.html http://www.hoaxbusters.org/ http://www.snopes.com/ http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0804/47l04/47l04.asp It only takes a little reason and, common sense and a simple search of Google.  Just enter a few words you see in the e-mail subject and add these words:  "hoax scam email."  You will be rewarded with results showing that a particular e-mail is nothing more than a scam. The worst for computer users though is that some of those e-mails that prey upon uninformed users or rely on a persons view that the world is a rosey place will sometimes contain a virus or worm if there is an attachment included.  Bob Colby --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Marilyn Colby <macolby@videotron.ca> wrote: From: Marilyn Colby <macolby@videotron.ca> Subject: Re: Amber Alert To: tagbrophy@sbcglobal.net Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 8:07 AM sorry. marilyn On 13-Jun-09, at 1:40 PM, leewah@comcast.net wrote: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/missing/ashleyflores.asp