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Good Morning!
Some of you who have been on my oldest lists from the beginning,
probably remember me forwarding information written by Dick Eastman
about Hobart's (regular mail) scam many years ago. I attribute Dick
in getting them put out of business. Hopefully they've never been
able to repeat their dastardly deeds.
Well, now he's assisted in getting the word out about GenSeekers.com
and reported last night of the arrest of the (young!) person behind
GenSeekers.com. At the Discussion Forum at www.eogn.com, Dick has
OK'd the forwarding of this information (below) to others. It ceases
to amaze me of the scum in the world taking advantage of people. If
you have been a victim of this scam, at the bottom of the last link
in the message below, he provides different methods of reporting them
to authorities. Read on...
Later...Nancy
Nancy Cluff Siders
Acting TSFA (The Sackett Family Association) President
and List Admin for:
CLUFF-L, COUNTRYMAN-L, LETSON-L, MCKAY-ELKENNY-L, SACKETT-L, SIDERS-L
To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source,
a tree without a root. ~Chinese proverb
-----Original Message-----
From: Newsletter-plus-html-admin(a)eogn.com
[mailto:Newsletter-plus-html-admin@eogn.com]On Behalf Of Dick Eastman
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 10:10 PM
To: newsletter-plus-html(a)eogn.com; newsletter-plus-ascii(a)eogn.com
Subject: [Newsletter-plus-html] Genealogy Scam Artist Arrested
SPECIAL EDITION: Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
The following "Special Edition" is being sent to subscribers to the Plus
Edition of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:
I have written a number of times about a genealogy-related scam that
operates under a variety of names, including GenSeekers.com,
GenealogyGiants.com and more. In the July 7 edition of the newsletter, I
identified the owner/operator of this "business" as 21-year-old Elias
Abodeely of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Since then, I have had conversations with
several people in Iowa about this "business."
I can now report that earlier today the Cedar Rapids police department
arrested Elias Abodeely for his activities with GenSeekers.com and the
other Web sites he operates.
KWWL television in Iowa is now reporting that Cedar Rapids Police have made
an arrest after a two year Internet crime investigation. The crimes
involved genealogy websites. Today police arrested Elias Abodeely II of
Cedar Rapids.. He faces four charges: 1st degree theft, identity theft,
money laundering, and ongoing criminal conduct. Police say they expect to
file charges against more suspects.
Details are still developing. Keep an eye on the newsletter Discussion
Board at http://www.eogn.com for updates. I will also be writing about this
in the next newsletter.
You can read my earlier article at
http://www.eogn.com/archives/news0327.htm.
- Dick Eastman