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 > > > > > > > >