Just wanted to send this alert! In the last week I have received numerous hacks from people I communicate with from different Louisiana genealogy subjects. One was even my cousin who lives in Louisiana. But, they have all been from people either living in LA or attached to genealogy mail lists pertaining to LA. I think the hackers are really attacking these group of people. Don't click on the links. Most of them appear to be advertisements trying to get you to buy something but they can hack you the same way and they can introduce viruses to your email. These people are despicable low life scum who needs to be caught but they are savvy with their programming knowledge and continue to attack us innocent people and make it look like we sent the email. All of the latest ones I have received can be recognized by two things. No Subject Line and the body contains just a link or a link telling you to check this out. DELETE it immediately and I always contact the person to tell them they have been hacked. Of course none of us blame the innocent one but it has happened to me and it is embarrassing. And I am a software/computer designer /programmer! They just need to let everyone know not to open them so it doesn't keep perpetuating. Sincerely, Shelia KRAEMER SALOMONE

Hi to all: I just finished removing 2 fake e-mails before I reached this one and had several in the last week. But there appears to be a new twist. Yesterday, I received a call from someone who claimed that he was with a service that had received complaints about my sending out virus e-mails and his company would help me get rid of them if I would let them get access to my computer over the internet. He was almost impossible to understand-definitely someone from India. I finally hung up and started checking my computer--no virus-no nothing. SO!! If someone calls about cleaning up your virus mail. GET RID OF THEM If you think you might have a virus and need help YOU initiate the contacts. One way they have gotten our email addresses in the past is through contributors pages. Louis On Jun 22, 2012, at 2:29 AM, Shelia Salomone wrote: > Just wanted to send this alert! In the last week I have received numerous > hacks from people I communicate with from different Louisiana genealogy > subjects. One was even my cousin who lives in Louisiana. But, they have all > been from people either living in LA or attached to genealogy mail lists > pertaining to LA. I think the hackers are really attacking these group of > people. > > > > Don't click on the links. Most of them appear to be advertisements trying to > get you to buy something but they can hack you the same way and they can > introduce viruses to your email. These people are despicable low life scum > who needs to be caught but they are savvy with their programming knowledge > and continue to attack us innocent people and make it look like we sent the > email. > > > > All of the latest ones I have received can be recognized by two things. No > Subject Line and the body contains just a link or a link telling you to > check this out. DELETE it immediately and I always contact the person to > tell them they have been hacked. Of course none of us blame the innocent one > but it has happened to me and it is embarrassing. And I am a > software/computer designer /programmer! They just need to let everyone know > not to open them so it doesn't keep perpetuating. > > > > Sincerely, > > Shelia KRAEMER SALOMONE > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

And btw, if you are notified that your e-mail has been hacked, changing your password usually stops the hacker. Jan S - Orlando, FL -------Original Message------- From: Shelia Salomone Date: 06/22/12 03:29:47 To: laorlean@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAORLEAN] Mail hackers on the rise Just wanted to send this alert! In the last week I have received numerous hacks from people I communicate with from different Louisiana genealogy subjects. One was even my cousin who lives in Louisiana. But, they have all been from people either living in LA or attached to genealogy mail lists pertaining to LA. I think the hackers are really attacking these group of people. Don't click on the links. Most of them appear to be advertisements trying to get you to buy something but they can hack you the same way and they can introduce viruses to your email. These people are despicable low life scum who needs to be caught but they are savvy with their programming knowledge and continue to attack us innocent people and make it look like we sent the email. All of the latest ones I have received can be recognized by two things. No Subject Line and the body contains just a link or a link telling you to check this out. DELETE it immediately and I always contact the person to tell them they have been hacked. Of course none of us blame the innocent one but it has happened to me and it is embarrassing. And I am a software/computer designer /programmer! They just need to let everyone know not to open them so it doesn't keep perpetuating. Sincerely, Shelia KRAEMER SALOMONE ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LAORLEAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message