I fell for a spam once and never again. I had bought a book about Wm. Penn and it was his life story and the book was written back in 1850 and I had had it just a little while when I got this e-mail. It looked like it was a very real place what they would do is put your book on a CD and then use the CD's they made to sell and they would take your book apart and put it back together. They would also send you a CD along with your book back. Well I fell for it and lost my book as it turned out to be a scam. I e-mailed the BBB and they couldn't do anything as it was out of our state but they did call the one in that state they could not get them to answer the phone or anything. I never could get them to answer my e-mails after they got my book. I kick myself everyday for falling for that scam but I wanted to be able to read the book without hurting the book and it seemed like a good idea and it looked very real. I should have know how can you take a book apart that is that old without destroying it. I always wonder to how many other people did they scam. I hope they get caught. Vivian Brandal P.S. I have never been able to find that book again either.

Vivian, Have you tried searching Google Books for the William Penn book you mention? Published in 1850, it is most likely in the public domain now. Based on the 1850 date, "William Penn" as a title, and returning only results that were full-view, I searched and came up with this book- "William Penn, a Historical Biography", by William Hepworth Dixon, published 1851: http://books.google.com/books?id=GDc-AAAAcAAJ&dq=William%20Penn%20inauthor%3AWilliam%20inauthor%3APenn&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1845&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1855&as_brr=1&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=&f=false I have reported the book posts on several of the lists. The first time they went out a few weeks ago, it was on over 200 lists. . ________________________________ From: "wintertime@netonecom.net" <wintertime@netonecom.net> To: pacumber@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 12:37:52 PM Subject: Re: [PACUMBER] Rare and out-of-print family genealogy and HistoryBooks. I fell for a spam once and never again. I had bought a book about Wm. Penn and it was his life story and the book was written back in 1850 and I had had it just a little while when I got this e-mail.