This was on the news last week. The Police (chief? commmisioner?) specifically mentioned Ancestry in the news conference. http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/sep/02/5/tampa-police-officer-was-victim-of-massive-tax-fra-ar-254887/

Dick Eastman has published a response to this, along with comments from his readers: http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/09/another-bogus-report- concerning-one-cause-of-identity-theft.html BTW, anyone who is not familiar with Dick Eastman should consider subscribing to his free email newsletter. It's a round-up of genealogy news, advice and commentary, and more often than not I find out about new data releases from him first. I highly recommend it! Leslie -----Original Message----- From: pawashin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pawashin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of J.A. Florian Sent: September-06-11 11:12 PM To: LIST: pawashin@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAWASHIN] News (last week): Florida scam ring took SS #s from Ancestry & other online sites This was on the news last week. The Police (chief? commmisioner?) specifically mentioned Ancestry in the news conference. http://www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2011/sep/02/5/tampa-police-officer-wa s-victim-of-massive-tax-fra-ar-254887/ **** Please visit http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/pawashin.html for list information, particularly the bottom of the page. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAWASHIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message