I recognized this guy. He's a database thief. USGenWeb Project has been after him for that. Notorious spammer, too. The only objective he has was to generate revenue from ads for himself. David On 1/15/2013 10:19 AM, Christina Hunt wrote: > All Irish list were spammed by a Shawn Doyle. > Not sure if that is even his name. I moderated him on most of my Irish lists, > but he still got through on a couple. I suggest banning him if you see him > appear. shawndoyle71@gmail.com > > The email suggested a links site which is file with ads. He has linked to > individual pages without stating what organization the sites are a part of. I > see this link page included all counties, not just the U.S. > > On his U.S. page he shows a small icon for Cyndis List but no link and he is > certainly nothing to do with her. > > https://sites.google.com/site/freeirishancestry/home > > Christina > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

i must be very fortunate. my one list has not been hit by any spammers at all. [knocking on wood] -----Original Message----- From: W David Samuelsen <dsam52@sampubco.com> To: Christina Hunt <chrisnina@gmail.com>; listowners <listowners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 6:03 pm Subject: Re: [LO] spammed by Shawn Doyle I recognized this guy. He's a database thief. USGenWeb Project has been after him for that. Notorious spammer, too. The only objective he has was to generate revenue from ads for himself. David On 1/15/2013 10:19 AM, Christina Hunt wrote: > All Irish list were spammed by a Shawn Doyle. > Not sure if that is even his name. I moderated him on most of my Irish lists, > but he still got through on a couple. I suggest banning him if you see him > appear. shawndoyle71@gmail.com > > The email suggested a links site which is file with ads. He has linked to > individual pages without stating what organization the sites are a part of. I > see this link page included all counties, not just the U.S. > > On his U.S. page he shows a small icon for Cyndis List but no link and he is > certainly nothing to do with her. > > https://sites.google.com/site/freeirishancestry/home > > Christina > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

About a month ago, several of my lists were hit badly by spammers, one right after another. I finally put all of my major lists on moderation. And even though it's extra work for me, I'm glad I did because just as I was thinking about removing the moderation on a couple of them, there's another bunch of spam that's being sent, but luckily, it's not reaching the lists. There's something about holidays that seem to be setting off these lunatics, they must have really crappy lives. Deloris Williams -------------------------------------------------- From: <scotstout@aol.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 7:23 PM To: <listowners@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [LO] spammed by Shawn Doyle > i must be very fortunate. my one list has not been hit by any spammers at > all. [knocking on wood] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: W David Samuelsen <dsam52@sampubco.com> > To: Christina Hunt <chrisnina@gmail.com>; listowners > <listowners@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tue, Jan 15, 2013 6:03 pm > Subject: Re: [LO] spammed by Shawn Doyle > > > I recognized this guy. He's a database thief. USGenWeb Project has been > after him for that. Notorious spammer, too. The only objective he has > was to generate revenue from ads for himself. > > David

I must be a pushover as I went to the link in the OP's post to see a list of sites and a message This website is dedicated to making Irish ancestry research as free as possible. they all seemed to me to be quite useful sites with no apparent commercial implication. Tom On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:59:04 -0700, W David Samuelsen wrote: >I recognized this guy. He's a database thief. USGenWeb Project has been >after him for that. Notorious spammer, too. The only objective he has >was to generate revenue from ads for himself. > >David > >On 1/15/2013 10:19 AM, Christina Hunt wrote: >> All Irish list were spammed by a Shawn Doyle. >> Not sure if that is even his name. I moderated him on most of my Irish lists, >> but he still got through on a couple. I suggest banning him if you see him >> appear. shawndoyle71@gmail.com >> >> The email suggested a links site which is file with ads. He has linked to >> individual pages without stating what organization the sites are a part of. I >> see this link page included all counties, not just the U.S. >> >> On his U.S. page he shows a small icon for Cyndis List but no link and he is >> certainly nothing to do with her. >> >> https://sites.google.com/site/freeirishancestry/home >> >> Christina >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Cheers, Tom <tomp@st.net.au> Tom Perrett

Yes, Tom, You are a pushover. For example, He has taken some of the work that I put on Rootsweb on my list and included it on his site with no indication of the source, except that Rootsweb shows. He is somewhat like the guy who copies your paper in school without your knowledge. He then sells the site to advertisers and makes money off our work. It's shameful. Not your usual spammer, but in a way far worse. Janet On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Tom Perrett <tomp@st.net.au> wrote: > I must be a pushover as I went to the link in the OP's post to > see a list of sites and a message > > This website is dedicated to making Irish ancestry research as > free as possible. > > they all seemed to me to be quite useful sites with no apparent > commercial implication. > > Tom > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2013 16:59:04 -0700, W David Samuelsen wrote: > >>I recognized this guy. He's a database thief. USGenWeb Project has been >>after him for that. Notorious spammer, too. The only objective he has >>was to generate revenue from ads for himself. >> >>David >> >>On 1/15/2013 10:19 AM, Christina Hunt wrote: >>> All Irish list were spammed by a Shawn Doyle. >>> Not sure if that is even his name. I moderated him on most of my Irish lists, >>> but he still got through on a couple. I suggest banning him if you see him >>> appear. shawndoyle71@gmail.com >>> >>> The email suggested a links site which is file with ads. He has linked to >>> individual pages without stating what organization the sites are a part of. I >>> see this link page included all counties, not just the U.S. >>> >>> On his U.S. page he shows a small icon for Cyndis List but no link and he is >>> certainly nothing to do with her. >>> >>> https://sites.google.com/site/freeirishancestry/home >>> >>> Christina >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > Cheers, > > Tom <tomp@st.net.au> Tom Perrett > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message