--part1_104.28ec0a05.2b910100_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_104.28ec0a05.2b910100_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <jaellard@sigecom.net> Received: from rly-xh05.mail.aol.com (rly-xh05.mail.aol.com [172.20.115.234]) by air-xh01.mail.aol.com (v90_r2.5) with ESMTP id MAILINXH11-0228111308; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:13:08 -0500 Received: from mx1.sigecom.net (mx1.sigecom.net [63.64.9.3]) by rly-xh05.mail.aol.com (v90_r2.6) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXH58-0228111227; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:12:27 -0500 Received: from D2X5W611 (nb-cable-zzz-228.sigecom.net [63.69.208.228] (may be forged)) by mx1.sigecom.net (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with SMTP id BPL25316; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:12:21 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <000b01c2df44$2baea070$e4d0453f@D2X5W611> From: "James A. Ellard" <jaellard@sigecom.net> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Subject: Fw: [MSPONTOT] Genseekers scam Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 10:12:19 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg and Pam Gibbs" <gpakt@netdoor.com> To: <MSPONTOT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 9:24 AM Subject: [MSPONTOT] Genseekers scam > Genseekers is back. Please don't be taken in by them! If you give them > your credit card number you get a "free trial" access. By the time you > figure out that their links are to free sites like the Pontotoc County > GenWeb site, they have charged your credit card for a subscription and their > e-mail address bounces. Here is the most recent advisory: > > > 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 oryou 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 havementioned > this. > > Permission is granted to pass this on. > Pam Gibbs > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gpakt > http://www.rootsweb.com/~mspontot/index.htm > http://www.rootsweb.com/~msforres/index.html > > > > > ==== MSPONTOT Mailing List ==== > Please avoid flaming (attacking) any single person or the group. This infraction will earn you immediate removal from the list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > --part1_104.28ec0a05.2b910100_boundary--