All these spammers have to do is go to any of the various Message Boards.. and there are hundreds of Email addresses for them to use. Don't forget they can make their messages appear to come from any one of us also. (Appearances are it might be from you or me or ..??) Virus pranksters love to do this. Shirley > Hi Rita, I was getting the same as you mentioned below which I have copied > and pasted:: > > And all sorts from Africa asking me to help them claim , this or that large > amount of US Dollars , > Which are sitting in banks all over the world, They are Driving me crazy, > > Until I unsubed from a particularly busy list "Palmers" and it stopped > immediately. > The rest of the SPAM is still coming in at an alarming rate. One in every 6 > e mails is junk. > Just go figure. Fern > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rita Henry" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:03 PM > Subject: Re: [MARSHALL] Puzzeled > > > > Hi Fern, > > I have been getting allot of SPAM, JUNK mail my self, I have > even > > get some from Russia, > > Asking me if I can Help them out by, Having some one come over Here, > I > > must Marry them, > > So that They can stay in this country, then Divorce them after they > get > > permanent stay, > > And all sorts from Africa asking me to help them claim , this or that > > large amount of US Dollars , > > Which are sitting in banks all over the world, They are Driving me > crazy, > > If I wasn't doing my genealogy, I would unsubscribe, from Rootsweb my > > self, > > And get a different Email Address, One of my Family told me , that he > > don't open anything, > > Unless he recognise the email address, My Husband uses a different email > > than me, he the same thing, > > As Carol Gabriel says that people take our email address and sell them, > > They REALLY should be LAWS, > > About that, today alone I had 25, that I don't know any thing about, I > > tried Blocking them But they still, get through, > > I do hope we all can do some thing about this annoying thing, > > Rita > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:11 PM > > Subject: Re: [MARSHALL] Puzzeled > > > > > > > I have been getting a lot of spam lately. I use this address for > > everything, so it's impossible to know why I'm suddenly getting so much > > spam. > > > HTH > > > Lynn > > > > > > > > From: "fern" <[email protected]> > > > > Date: 2004/09/23 Thu AM 10:42:37 EDT > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Subject: [MARSHALL] Puzzeled > > > > > > > > This is off the subject of genealogy but I must ask the list if they > are > > > > getting bombed with Spam mail. I have two e mail addresses and this > one > > is > > > > used for rootsweb lists ONLY, nothing else. All other mail goes to > > another > > > > address. I belong to a number of rootsweb lists. Has rootsweb sold > our > > > > addresses?? > > > > > > > > I apologize if I have irritated anyone on this list but would like to > > know > > > > if anyone else is having the same problem. > > > > > > > > Thanks, Fern > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > You can manage your RootsWeb-Review subscription from > > > > http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >