As you can see, this is making the rounds of some genealogy lists. I don't know
how valid it is, but be carefull with this site.
Neal Carrier
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Date forwarded: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 05:59:30 -0700
Date sent: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 05:55:25 -0700
From: caffe(a)mlode.com (Linda Emerson)
Organization: Caffe Sumatra - Twain Harte, CA
Subject: [CTMID] Possible Genealogy Scam
To: CTMIDDLE-L(a)rootsweb.com
Forwarded by: CTMIDDLE-L(a)rootsweb.com
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This was posted to another list and thought that it was important enough
to post here.
Betsy Quinn
Subj: possible genealogy scam
Date: 09/03/2000 6:30:57 AM Mountain Daylight Time
From: plfleming(a)shelbynet.net (Phyllis Fleming)
Reply-to: INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com
To: INSHELBY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Shelbers,
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
addys 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.
I would suggest we all add the Java applet to bust out of the
shrink-wrapping:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Hide script from old browsers
if (top.location !=self.location) {
top.location = self.location
}
// End hiding script from old browsers -->
</SCRIPT>
This needs to be inserted between and <TITLE> on every web page.
If you have text files on your web site, you will need to add a little
shrink wrapping of your own:
Create a blank web page -- use the tags ---
and paste your text file in between the and the -- and be
sure to add the Java applet.
If anyone out there is or has been a member of familydiscovery -- or has
been ripped off by them, I ["Joy Fisher" <jfisher(a)ucla.edu>] would like
to hear from you.
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