Possible internet genealogy scam

[Fitty]

I was still getting those emails last week!! Makes you wonder if they have a net connection in Broadmore!  lol

[AngelaR]

I used to get one of them every week or so but in the past few days I've had dozens. I haven't posted my email address anywhere new so am puzzled as to why they've exploded like this.

Anyone else getting several a day too?

Angela

[nutkin]

I just got that one this week two times.  I got them last year and they started again.  How do they get our addresses?  BAD BAD people!!

[Lloydy]

I got one yesterday   Just deleted it.

It makes me wonder where they get our email addresses from


Jan

[juddee]

I have been receiving 4-6 scam e-mails a day and the number seems  to have increased as Christmas gets closer. I just delete them but one got through.  Not thinking I went to my Outlook Express inbox and a message was imported from my usual web address the sender being myself .  This time it was from an Afghani woman who had lost her husband, she had 6 children to feed and she was dying from cancer not expecting to live out the month.  The money was to support her children after she died.  Can you hear the violins playing? Usually I  go to my to my main web-address first and delete messages from anyone I don't know but this day was not paying attention.  I've probably opened a Pandoras Box now they know my address is active.  It pays to be alert at all times for these parasites to use a nice phrase!!!

A question for the more computer savvy buff:  how can you be sent a message from a stranger and have it posted as coming from your own web-address?   Very puzzling.

Juddee

[Darcy]

The 'dying of cancer' one must be doing the rounds in Oz, Judee - I received mine today.

As Hack says, I don't know how people get taken in by them.

I get offered $25 million quite often from Nigeria - and with the Blessing of Jesus as well.

Darcy

[leagen]

I receive those emails all the time here in U.S..  Delete-Delete-Delete!   Our newspapers often run stories about these warning everyone to just  Delete such email.  It seems to do no good reporting it to the police or anyone because as soon as they do track down one person who is doing it another person takes over.  It is all a big scam and has nothing to do w/genealogy except your name may have been taken from a genealogy site by them.  This has been a problem for years and dosen't seem to be about to stop any time soon.  Anything that says Nigeria is suspect and one never gets  Anything For Nothing.   Unless you are a very young person (Who hasn't learned it yet) or a really older person (Who still believes in the goodness of everyone) you should know that "If it sounds too good to be true it probably Isn't"  Leagen

[KathyM]

I have had both those - Nigerian & cancer .... plus lots of others that I haven't read or have deleted.... in the past few days........ it worries me and I've got to say this re-started last week when I started doing the trivis quiz....can it be connected ?

[setraynor]

I haven't done the trivia quiz....so they must be getting the addresses from somewhere else