As Nita has commented...be careful of Yahoo.com account...I've had the same type of email...all from Yahoo.com accounts. Do not respond to any email that is requesting you wire or send money in any way. Most of us know how to contact relatives or friend, without having to use email! Be vigilant! Grace In a message dated 5/31/2010 2:12:47 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Today's Topics: 1. SCAM (Joel Pate) 2. Re: SCAM ([email protected]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 07:41:05 -0400 From: Joel Pate <[email protected]> Subject: [PATE] SCAM To: "[email protected] com" <[email protected]>, Sherry Hightower <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I recently receive this message from [email protected] "Hope you get this on time,sorry I didn't inform you about my trip in Wales for a Program, I'm presently in Wales and am having some difficulties here because i misplaced my wallet on my way to the hotel where my money and other valuable things were kept. presently i have limited access to internet,I will like you to assist me with a loan of 1,500 Pounds to sort-out my hotel bills and to get myself back home. I have spoken to the embassy here but they are not responding to the matter effectively,I will appreciate whatever you can afford to assist me with,I'll Refund the money back to you as soon as i return,let me know if you can be of any help.I don't have a phone where i can be reached. Please let me know immediately. Regards." This probably a SCAM. The e-mail address - [email protected] is the address forAnglea Gibbs Bandy. Angelea Gibbs Bandy was briefly a subscriber to the Pate List Serve.She posted one article: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/pate/2010-03/1268325759 and then cancelled her subscripion. If you recevie this mess,you may wish to delete it. Joel -- PATE DNA PROJECT http://www.familytreedna.com/public/pate-dna-project Sharing Our Past, Our Present and Our Future PATE LIST SERVE [email protected] A free E-Mail Forum for PATE Researchers ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 08:37:26 -0400 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PATE] SCAM To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Received this one also shortly after notification that Clovis had been hacked again. We are also receiving some spam/phishing e-mails from our son-in-law's e-address. Have advised him to close out his account. Yahoo seems to be inundated with spammers right now. If you get an e-mail with an address from someone you might know but there is no "subject" in the subject line, also beware. Nita ************************************