Everyone, I failed to include the header of this memo. I merely fwd. the information; I didn't actually contact Prodigy. In case you have further questions, the original note came from Linda Emerson, Coordinator - Union Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie/townships/Union.htm Also, someone gave me this further information that might be helpful: > Also, to do anything meaningful, they will need the msg routing information. > If you are using MS Outlook, or Outlook express, click the "file" menu, then > select "properties", then select "details". Select (highlight) this from > the incoming msg., then paste it to the clipboard (control "C"), then in > your fwd msg to prodigy, paste it (control "V") at the top. > > Generally spammers are using tricks to disguise the source, & if your spam > appears to be from ".jp" (Japan), ".ru" (Russia), Korea, etc. The address > is bogus, & any kind of response will either be pointless, or get you more > Spam. In which case about all you can do is add them to your list of > blocked senders. > > Phil Van Camp pvc@vancamp.org > Rebecca Davidson wrote: > It looks like the fictitious Family Discovery genealogy service has > moved to Prodigy now. I contacted Prodigy this morning and they > have asked that anyone who receives solicitation email from > familydiscovery.com to take the following steps immediately: > > 1) Forward the entire Family Discovery message to: > abuse@prodigy.com > > 2) Include the following information (most of which was provided by > Rita from the Oconto County, WI list): > > Please note that the attached message is now being sent through your > ISP service. They have been reported to various State Attorney > General's > Office on computer fraud, but it is hard to catch up with them. > Originally the > "company" linked to free information sites and placed the pages in > "frames" > so that it looked like it was their own work. Customers paid for that > information. > The scam, now, is paying for the free information links and then they > "move" > frequently and leave their paid-up customers without services. > > 3) Post these same instructions on any other lists today so that > Prodigy has > a better chance of finding the spammers. > -- > Linda Emerson > Coordinator - Union Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania > http://www.rootsweb.com/~paerie/townships/Union.htm > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > SEARCH THE MAILING LIST ARCHIVES: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?surname=CA-GOLDRUSH > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query!