--part1_aa.1238280f.27dae305_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_aa.1238280f.27dae305_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <INMARSHA-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-xb04.mx.aol.com (rly-xb04.mail.aol.com [172.20.105.105]) by air-xb02.mail.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Mar 2001 19:30:23 -0500 Received: from lists2.rootsweb.com (lists2.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.32]) by rly-xb04.mx.aol.com (v77_r1.21) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Mar 2001 19:29:55 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists2.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id f2A0RR319755; Fri, 9 Mar 2001 17:27:27 -0700 Resent-Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 17:27:27 -0700 X-Original-Sender: INMARSHA-D-request@rootsweb.com Fri Mar 9 17:27:27 2001 Message-ID: <006b01c0a8d3$65ca5aa0$f755fc3f@pavilion> From: "Marilyn" <Lowder1216@prodigy.net> Old-To: <INMARSHA-D@rootsweb.com> Subject: Genealogy scam Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 19:59:05 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Content-Type: text/plain; boundary="----------------------------"; charset="iso-8859-1" Resent-Message-ID: <oTVAjB.A.f0E.vTXq6@lists2.rootsweb.com> To: INMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: INMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <INMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/23 X-Loop: INMARSHA-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: INMARSHA-L-request@rootsweb.com ------------------------------ Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; boundary="----------------------------"; charset="iso-8859-1" This alert was on another list, and I felt that it was important to share with the people on this list. Please read the following information it may be important to all researchers. Marilyn > 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. ============================== 9 Health Tips for Computer Genealogists http://www.thirdage.com/features/tech/ouch/ -------------------------------- --part1_aa.1238280f.27dae305_boundary--