Dear Friends, (and family) As list administrator for the FLHolmes, Tew, & Toole lists, I thought this was important to send. I have also included the Florida list, and other personal & family contacts, so some of you may get this more than once, I apologize for that . This concerns GENEALOGY SCAMS The following site has important information for all genealogists. You have my permission to forward this mail to other lists you might belong to, or to fellow genealogists that may not be on any of these lists. The mail at the bottom of this message will explain why this is important (permission to forward was given) After reading this mail, I put in a google search for Genseekers.com here is some of the results: Keep reading: <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=genseekers.com+legitimate%2C+scam&btnG=Google+Search">Google Search: genseekers.com legitimate, scam</A> http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/shame/ <A HREF="http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com/shame/">International Black Sheep Society - Genealogy Hall of Shame</A> <A HREF="http://www.censusdiggins.com/familydiscovery2.html">Read About Family Discovery!</A> This one is interesting. I had forgotten this Blacksheep rootsweb list existed. Don't be dupped, go to this site (and others listed) and read, it is long but may well be worth your time. You might want to bookmark it for reference. (I did) Just might save you some money and a whole lot of aggravation. Scrolling to the bottom you will see a long list of many known scams. Pass the word around. ;) Someone may be glad you did. Thanks for reading. Ann Marlow Hall Coordinator for <A HREF=" http://www.rootsweb.com/~flholmes/holmes.htm"> http://www.rootsweb.com/~flholmes/holmes.htm</A> Cathy Popp Co-coordinator cathy@elmore.rr.com List Administrator for: FLHolmes-L@rootsweb.com TEW-L@rootsweb.com TOOLE-L@rootsweb.com My surnames are: Marlow, Dykes, Tew, Stewart, Hall, Mayo Toole and others. ****************************************************************************** ************************************ GENEALOGY SCAM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Robinson" <pangeaao@hotmail.com To: <ROBINSON-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:04 AM Subject: [ROBINSON] Fwd: Genealogy Scam From: TNoye@aol.com To: DILLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Genealogy Scam Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:08:24 EST As your Administrator I am passing this along. Hi Everyone: The old genealogy scam is back. www.genseekers.com Behind the password protection are links to the free genealogy on-line. There is no content of their own. In order to get the "5-day free trial" you have to surrender a credit card or bank account number. You have to cancel within 5 days or you get dinged. Guess what? The cancellation e-mail bounces. Does this surprise you? One person who recently fell for the come-on had his/her account dinged not once, but twice. It is time to remind folks on your state and county mailing lists about these scoundrels. It has been a couple of years since we have mentioned this. Permission is granted to pass this on. Teddy