Possible internet genealogy scam

[acorngen]

Get mailwasher and just bounce em back a few times.  They stop and you get no more.  Haven't had one in about 2 months now although I have been getting others.  Also it may pay to get the headers and then return with the headers to the originating server using something like Abuse@123.xxx where 123.xxx is the ISP but remember only to send to the originating ISP and not the one in the from box that is spoofed

[trystan]

Generally though spammers use other people's mailservers to do their dirty work, so it's very difficult to trace.

[minime]

I received a few of those in the past couple of months. It's a definite scam.
One asked me for a bank account number to deposit the money in. Yeah...I'll just give that right out to anyone. LOL!!!


Minime

[Fitty]

I hate it when people foreward so many false warnings, but this one is important.
 
Send this to everyone--repeat--everyone on your email list.
 
If someone comes to your front door saying they are conducting a survey on deer ticks and ask you to take your clothes off and dance around,
 
DON'T DO IT!!!
 
It is a scam; they only want to see you naked.
I wish I'd gotten this yesterday.
I feel so stupid now....

[Hackstaple]

Don't worry Fitty - she caught me too and it was 'orrible cold

[newbie]

Too late Fitty!
They got me this morning and Hack, it was freezing
Haven't had any of the Nigerian ones though.
Newbie

[moscan]

I have had loads of the Nigerian ones... have managed to avoid the knock at the door. lol...

I will have to look out for them... what really annoys me is the amount of medical products I get offered... and cannot use any of them lol.... they must really be hard up if they think I need them lol....

Best wishes..

Mo

I hate it when people foreward so many false warnings, but this one is important.
 
Send this to everyone--repeat--everyone on your email list.
 
If someone comes to your front door saying they are conducting a survey on deer ticks and ask you to take your clothes off and dance around,
 
DON'T DO IT!!!
 
It is a scam; they only want to see you naked.
I wish I'd gotten this yesterday.
I feel so stupid now....

[staykalm]

Hi all,

Yes these are definitely scams and apparently lots of innocent people have been conned by these ruthless con merchants.

They get your email addresses either by reading peoples guestbook entries or by pure chance variants of email addresses.

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES GET INVOLVED WITH THEM as it has been known that some people have died by meeting up with these scammers.

There are people out there trying to scam these scammers at their own game and you may like to check out 

http://www.419eater.com/

Keep safe
Karen

[juddee]

Just received one from Mrs Arafat whose e-mail address is as follows: mrsarafat@tiscale.co.uk.  Does this provider exist in the UK.  Anyone know? 

Juddee