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    1. [GACARROL] Fwd: genealogy scam?
    2. --part1_77.93ff0b3.26e8dd9c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Please check this message. --part1_77.93ff0b3.26e8dd9c_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <va-roots@vsla.edu> Received: from rly-st04.mail.aol.com (rly-st04.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.19]) by air-yd01.mail.aol.com (v75_b3.11) with ESMTP; Thu, 07 Sep 2000 00:00:50 -0400 Received: from rly-ye05.mx.aol.com (rly-ye05.mail.aol.com [172.18.151.202]) by rly-st04.mail.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.8/AOL-5.0.0) with ESMTP id WAA11533; Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:52:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from vlinsvr.vsla.edu (www.vsla.edu [192.131.239.7]) by rly-ye05.mx.aol.com (v75_b3.9) with ESMTP; Wed, 06 Sep 2000 22:52:11 -0400 Received: from vlinsvr (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vlinsvr.vsla.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id WAA19124; Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:52:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:52:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <39B70242.95215747@concentric.net> Errors-To: eroderick@lva.lib.va.us Reply-To: morga@concentric.net Originator: va-roots@vsla.edu Sender: va-roots@vsla.edu Precedence: bulk From: morga <morga@concentric.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <va-roots@vsla.edu> Subject: genealogy scam? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Virginia Genealogy Discussion Group X-Mailer: Unknown I received the following from another genealogy list that I am on, and thought it worth forwarding. I received this message after it was forwarded to the INGENWEB state coordinator: About 2 weeeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives submitter that her materials were found on a genealogy subscription service: www.familydiscovery.com The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that they were linking to her files housed on her server, but shrink-wrapped inside a frame so it appears to be THEIR work. About 10 days ago, to investigate this, I signed up with familydiscovery. To date, I have not received a user id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web site gave bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One number goes to a recorde

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