This came to me from another list and I thought it worth passing on. Shirley Statesville, NC ----- Original Message ----- From: "gooneybirds" <gooneybirds@email.msn.com> To: <ISTG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 04 September, 2000 16:39 Subject: Fw: [TX-POLISH] Genealogy Scam > This came in from another rootsweb list and I am forwarding it in hopes > that none of our members get caught in this scam. > > Dee in Colorful Colorado > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vince Leibowitz" <vpltz@peoplescom.net> > To: <TX-POLISH-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 10:00 AM > Subject: [TX-POLISH] Genealogy Scam > > > > Greetings, listers. > > > > I received this on another list I subscribe to and though I should > send it > > to all of the lists I moderate for your information. > > > > Vince Leibowitz > > Listowner > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > > Subj: Genealogy scam > > Date: 09/03/2000 6:30:57 AM Mountain Daylight Time > > From: plfleming@shelbynet.net (Phyllis Fleming) > > > > I received this message after it was forwarded to the INGENWEB state > > coordinator: > > > > About 2 weeeks ago we received a complaint from an Archives submitter > > that her materials were found on a genealogy subscription service: > > > > www.familydiscovery.com > > > > The submitter was able to do a little digging and found that they were > > linking to her files housed on her server, but shrink-wrapped inside a > > frame so it appears to be THEIR work. About 10 days ago, to > investigate > > this, I signed up with familydiscovery. To date, I have not received a > > user id or password to get inside. The registered owners of the web > site > > gave bogus telephone numbers in their registration. One number goes to > a > > recorded message line; the other to a carpet company. Some of the > e-mail > > adds on their web site bounce. > > > > Standing on the outside and looking through the window, it appears > that > > several > > folks' web sites have been prize-mined: > > > > http://www.familydiscovery.com/whatsnew.htm > > > > The Storey Co., IA and the Washington Co., PA stuff seem to come from > > USGenWeb sites. Some of the other IA and NC stuff seems to come from > > non-USGW sites. None of the materials seem to be housed at either > > rootsweb or usgennet. > > > > If anyone out there is or has been a member of familydiscovery -- or > > has been ripped off by them, I ["Joy Fisher" jfisher@ucla.edu>] would > > like to > > hear from you. > > > > Permission is granted to forward this message. > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > wally@calweb.com > > > > > > > > > > ==== GERMAN-TEXAN Mailing List ==== > > http://www.hal-pc.org/~dcrane/txgenweb/gtwelcom.htm > > contains information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe > > from the German-Texan list. > > > > > > ============================== > > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ > > > > > > ==== ISTG Mailing List ==== > Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes, but no plans. > --Peter Drucker >