Nivard, You may very well be right, possibly the email I received did not originate from someone who it seemed to me may have had other intentions that genealogy when using Ancestry.com, and instead as a way to get more information on me and where I lived etc. to use for a way to get my I. D. or to lure me into a scheme to make money. I did take in to account that the fellow could have reversed his first and last name for other reasons.. My suspicions came more from the strange email he wrote. The name reversed was not that significant. I did want to pass it on so others might be cautious though. I should also mention, I did not drop out of Ancestry.com because of this rare incident. I like Ancestry.com and recommend it often to others. Sorry if my post may have gave that impression. You must admit it was very unusual that since I have been on the Nottinghamshire list for many years now, I have never yet received one spam email and infact, not one at all that did not have to do with genealogy from England, but the very next day after I was suspicious of the email received ever from England, I suddenly found that my email box had a lot of them all from Notts. followed each day by a lot more. I don't think that was by chance And after a short time none at all. I did read an article though at least 10 years or so ago, about people using the State Library to gain information on others to begin their theft of I.D.' They may have been name collectors, but not used for adding to a family tree. I welcomed your thoughts but stand by mine. Best of luck to you, Eva B. in the U.S.A. In reply to: From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> Subject: Re: [NTT] re. Facebook To: <Evabristol@aol.com>, <nottsgen@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <01d001c9a58a$e3504bd0$0300a8c0@NJOvington> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Hi Eva I am sure I will not dissuade you but frankly doubt there was any connection to the person on Ancestry collecting information, more likely to be a name collector as you get on genesreunited who want you to do all the research Getting someone to reply at all on Ancestry or GR is a feat in itself anyway <g> At the end of the day if you use e mail your address is out there somewhere and it can be found and spam will come at some point like it or not If people wanted personal details there are easier ways of getting it than using Ancestry or the like As to name reversal, I see that quite often, there is also a trend of late to use a fictional name rather than their own Best wishes Nivard Ovington, in Cornwall (UK) **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for $10 or less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001)