It might be worth checking the online catalogue of the National Library of Scotland at www.nls.uk to see whether it has acquired a copy. Best wishes, Peter Peter B Freshwater MA MCLIP FSAScot Edinburgh, Scotland Email peter@hillfoot.demon.co.uk Researching ATKINS, BRUCE, FOX, FRESHWATER, PERKINS, SWINGLER (Beds, Hunts, Leics, & Northants,) HAUGHAN (Cumbria & Co. Durham) DOW, FINDLAY, GRAY, HUNTER, KENNEDY (Angus, Glasgow & Perth) ----- Original Message ----- From: "L.D.Rodger" <ld_rodger@cox.net> To: <PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: [PERTH] Book scam ? > List, > > I am trying to determine if the book, once "The Landed Families of > Strathearn", now "The Landed Families of Perthshire", is or ever was a > valid publication. Supposed to have been written by Gordon McGregor, the > story goes that his first publisher failed to follow through fulfilling > orders and has been sued for breach of contract. The story goes on that > his second, recent, publisher was offering the book in print and on > compact disk, payable via PayPal, Visa-USA, or Visa-Britain. Having > placed a second order and having gotten no response, it appears to be a > possible scam. No great loss at less than 200 US Dollars lost, but I > would wish to advise against others investing in this apparent "ghost" > publication. E-mail messages to the supposed author, and to his supposed > wife, returning a promise to make good on the first order appeared to be > genuine, but messages to two persons who indicated they had purchased > the book prior to my placing a second order has gotten no response. > > If anyone on this list has actually seen such a publication, please > indicate so prior to my turning this matter over to service suppliers > and authorities as "International Internet Crime", "Mail Fraud", and > "other charges", within the next thirty days. > > Lawrence David Rodger, Patriarch, "CRNC, USA" > > > > > ==== PERTHSHIRE Mailing List ==== > -------------------------------------------------- > Send all messages to PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > ONLY use the 'request' address to > subscribe or to unsubscribe from the list. > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/PERTHSHIRE.html > -------------------------------------------------- >