----- Original Message ----- From: "zorblitz" <zorblitz@mindspring.com> To: <WauShaOcon-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 2:32 PM Subject: [WauShaOcon-L] E-mail Fraud Notice >From Rita at Oconto County WIGenWeb (the FREE information and help site): > It is important that you are aware of an e-mail genealogy "company" that > is linking to free information provided on various sites WITHOUT > PERMISSION of the owners, and then selling outrageously high priced > subscriptions for sending you to that site. It gives the impression that > the information is owned by them and/or posting is permitted on their > own site, which it is NOT. Information has been used from many states, > including WI. The information (birth, death, marriage indexes, census > transcriptions, etc.) is done by volunteers and posted on other sites > and the work has been done for FREE access by individual researchers; it > was never meant for anyone's profit! DON'T BE TAKEN IN BY THE > ADVERTISEMENT. You can find this information on the original sites free > of charge, as it was originally intended. They have changed names and > site addresses frequently. They do not let you see their authorization > pages,give bogus contact information, take your money, run, and laugh > all the way to the bank with your $49.95 "access" fee. Here is the > beginning of their e-mail advertisement, please be careful, THIS IS > SERIOUS DECEPTION: > > > From: Family Discovery <email@familydiscovery.com> > Subject: Greetings Fellow Genealogist... > Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 06:08:45 -0700 > > Greetings Fellow Genealogist: > We have taken a notice of your interest in genealogy as you have been > highly > recommended to us by another genealogical publishing company (THIS IS > BOGUS - they "lift" address off free sites). We just > wanted to let > you know you are invited to organize a successful search for your family > > with one of the > best genealogical sites on the Internet . > http://www.familydiscovery.com > What FamilyDiscovery.com is: > What we have for you is an online genealogy subscription giving you > access > to the > #1 database of compiled genealogical information on the internet. The > Online > Subscription will help you find the family that you're looking for > faster > and easier - > without spending lots of time and money. We have taken the time and > organized > thousands of databases into hundreds of category's that make it a snap > for > you to find > exactly what you are looking for in under a minute. ..