FYI... I don't see the purpose of the spoof but wanted to share what a list admin has to contend with these days. Later...Nancy Nancy Cluff Siders TSFA President and List Admin for: CLUFF-L, COUNTRYMAN-L, LETSON-L, MCKAY-ELKENNY-L, SACKETT-L, SIDERS-L To forget one's ancestor is to be a brook without a source, A tree without a root. ~Chinese proverb -----Original Message----- From: abuse@amazon.com [mailto:abuse@amazon.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:30 PM To: siders@cableone.net Subject: Your Amazon.com Inquiry Thank you for writing to Amazon.com to bring this to our attention. The message you received was not sent to you by Amazon.com. We are investigating the situation. We strongly advise that you *not* send any information about yourself back to this individual (especially your credit card number or any personal information). Amazon.com has recently taken steps to combat e-mail forgeries such as this in the U.S. and Canada; you can read more about our efforts here: http://www.amazon.com/stopspoofing Also, please be assured that Amazon.com is not in the business of selling customer information. Many spammers and spoofers use programs that randomly generate e-mail addresses, in the hope that some percentage of these randomly-generated addresses will actually exist. If you encounter any other uses of the Amazon.com name that you think may be fraudulent, please do not hesitate to contact us again. The Internet is a large and fairly unregulated universe; it is only through our constant vigilance and with the help of others like yourself that we can ensure that our name is not misappropriated for illegitimate uses. Thank you again for taking the time to contact us. Best regards, Jennifer T. Amazon.com Customer Service http://www.amazon.com ============================== Check your order and more: http://www.amazon.com/your-account ref_id:=cwgv6216 >Date: Mon Feb 09 17:50:23 PST 2004 >Subject: FW: Hello >From: siders@cableone.net > This was sent to a genealogy surname listserv. I'm disappointed that It apparently is scam from Amazon...? I sincerely hope it is not!! -----Original Message----- From: Kay Kelison [mailto:kayk@amazon.com] Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 2:29 AM To: sackett-l-request@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Hello Thank you for emailing your resume and expressing interest in job opportunities here. This is an auto-reply email being sent to confirm that we've received your resume. Our process is simple. We post information about our job opportunities, look through the incoming resumes to see which ones best match our open jobs, and then contact the people we'd like to learn more about (usually within 2 weeks). While we won't contact everyone that sends us a resume, we will keep all resumes on file. Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at Amazon.com! Best regards, Kay Kelison kayk@amazon.com www.amazon.com