I have gotten this from others and know two people over a few months time who have had this happen to them. On 12/16/2010 2:32 PM, MizScarlettNY@aol.com wrote: > Spammers are getting into address books of folks, especially on Rootsweb > lists. You may receive an email from someone you correspond with stating they > are stuck in a foreign counytry and desperately need money. > > Please advise all your contacts that 'tis the season to change your > passwords,after fully virus scanning their computers. A non English word, > incorporated into a password, is a great idea. Folks should really change their > carrier passwords monthly, for security reasons. > > Barb > >> Subj:Re: [BKLYN] Greetings >> Date:12/16/2010 8:30:25 AM Eastern Standard Time >> From:mcoppold@gmail.com >> I did not get the email from Kathy, but it had been done to me before. >> Yes >> someone hacked into her email account and stole her contact list. >> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 7:08 AM, dvorak2421<dvorak2421@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >>> I got some strange email from Kathy Anderson today. Was wondering if >>> anybody else got it? She said she was in London and stuck there. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >