I forwarded one of the messages to Rootsweb immediately on receipt inquiring as to its validity but did not receive a reply as of this morning.   Mary Ann Lubinsky ________________________________ From: Mary Ann Lubinsky <maryannlubinsky@yahoo.com> To: "JYoung6180@aol.com" <JYoung6180@aol.com>; "del_williams@comcast.net" <del_williams@comcast.net>; "listowners@rootsweb.com" <listowners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 3:48 PM Subject: Re: [LO] Messages spoofing Rootsweb None of the messages came through any of the lists.  They were delivered to me personally in my own mailbox.  They only mentioned the lists.   Mary Ann Lubinsky ________________________________ From: "JYoung6180@aol.com" <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: maryannlubinsky@yahoo.com; del_williams@comcast.net; listowners@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 3:12 PM Subject: Re: [LO] Messages spoofing Rootsweb Mary Ann-   NEVER NEVER NEVER report ANYTHING that comes to you as admin or via a list or list request address as spam to your ISP. You won't be removed from the list unless you are reporting list messages as spam as Kathie stated...but you DO run the risk of getting RootsWeb blocked as the spammer by these ISP. The ONLY place to report any spam that spoofs RootsWeb is TO RootsWeb.   Joan   In a message dated 7/21/2012 2:38:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, maryannlubinsky@yahoo.com writes: I received 8 messages yesterday to my personal email address, 2 each for 4 of my Rootsweb lists, requesting I verify my identity by clicking on a >link.  The message said the mailing list would be deactivated if I did not >follow through.  Upon investigation, I determined they came from an AOL >address.  I reported each of these as SPAM to abuse@aol.net with a cc to spam@uce.gov because they were attempts at phishing. > > Mary Ann Lubinsky > >