In Reference to the following message. I saw this as I was contacted directly and thought I would give it a try. I had to threaten them to get a password and when I did It was definitely others work being represented as theirs. I recognized some of the work. I immediately contacted my credit card company and let them know what was going on and that I wanted the transaction canceled. I also contacted this company and told then to cancel me as I felt they had misrepresented themselves and their product. They then informed me there were no refunds. I let them know that in Texas I had the right to cancel any transaction in 72 hrs that I was not happy with. I have saved all my correspondence with this company and let them know if they tried to charge my card for this service I would take action against them. So far the charge has not appeared on my card. It is a scam though and they have latched on to other peoples work and are representing it in a different manner than it is published originally. I don't see how they can get away with it. There should be some sort of legal action that could be taken. Sincerely Nancy Sanders paul@txol.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alli " <aka2@ltlink.com> To: <JOHNSON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 8:37 PM Subject: [JOHNSON] Fw: Genealogy Scam > I got this from a friend & thought it was worth passing on. > Alli > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat" <patmc@sstelco.com> > > > > Hi, > > I got this today and a friend of mine who is a listowner for Rootsweb > > verified it so I guess we ought to be careful about our info. Don't know > > how you'd protect it unless you don't leave it on unattended?? Kinda > scary > > and aggravating!! I have mine on my zipdrive and run the FTM directly > from > > it so I guess unless I had the disk in and hooked up, mine would be safe?? > > I don't think it leaves anything on the computer but I don't know?? I > hope > > I'm not telling you wrong but she said they told her it was true. > > Pat > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > Subj: Genealogy scam > > > > > Date: 09/03/2000 6:30:57 AM Mountain Daylight Time > > > > > From: plfleming@shelbynet.net (Phyllis Fleming) > > > > > > > > > > I received this message after it was forwarded to the INGENWEB state > > > > > coordinator: > > > > > > > > > > About 2 weeks 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 > > > > > > > > > > recorded message line; the other to a carpet company. Some of the > > e-mail > > > > > > > > > > adds on their web site bounce. > > > > > > > > > > Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it appears > > that > > > > > several > > > > > folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > > > > > > > > > > The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to come > from > > > > > USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC stuff seems to come from > > > > > non-USGW sites. None of the materials seem to be housed at either > > > > > rootsweb or usgennet. > > > > > > > > > > If anyone out there is or has been a member of familydiscovery -- or > > > > > has been ripped off by them, I ["Joy Fisher" jfisher@ucla.edu>] > would > > > > > like to > > > > > hear from you. > > > > > > > > > > Permission is granted to forward this message. > > > > > > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > > > > wally@calweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== JOHNSON Mailing List ==== > This group is sponsored by Rootsweb.com. It is owned and moderated by > Linda Beckett (boglelodge@a-znet.com) > > > ============================== > Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. > RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >