Jim; It could be the scam where you are linked through your modem to a 900 or similar number in a foreign country and get billed later through your local company for a ton of money. Jerry Sanford -----Original Message----- From: Jim Giddens <jimg@cox-internet.com> To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com <TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: [TXREDRIV] question// not genealogy :Today I received a e-mail say that it is there second attempt to contact me. They have been hired to contact me for someone I know. (according to the e-mail). It wants me to click their "link" to find out who it is. They say that someone I know is interested in me. : :I will not click it, but I am curious. Does anyone have any input on this type of scam. : :Jim Giddens :Paris, tx : : :==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== : : : :============================== :To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: :http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 : :