It was posted to the list, so we all received it (unless our spam filters caught it) Fortunately the list is set up to strip attachments, so the attachment referred to in the email did not actually get through. It was almost definitely a virus. (I've seen near-identical emails before) RAY JONES wrote: > Has anyone else received an e mail similar to the one I received below > purporting to have originated with rootsweb? > Ray Jones > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "rootsweb.com Member Services" <support@rootsweb.com> > To: <eng-merseyside-bounces@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 2:03 AM > Subject: [Norton AntiSpam][ENG-MERSEYSIDE] rootsweb.com account notification > > >> Dear Customer, >> >> This e-mail was send by rootsweb.com to notify you that we have temporanly >> prevented access to your account. >> >> We have reasons to beleive that your account may have been accessed by >> someone else. Please run attached file and Follow instructions. >> >> (C) rootsweb.com >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MERSEYSIDE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >