This alert was on another list, and I felt that it was important to share
with the people on this list. Please read the following information it may
be important to all researchers.
Marilyn
It looks like the fictitious Family Discovery genealogy service has
moved to Prodigy now. I contacted Prodigy this morning and they have
asked that anyone who receives solicitation email from
familydiscovery.com to take the following steps immediately:
1) Forward the entire Family Discovery message to: abuse(a)prodigy.com
2) Include the following information (most of which was provided by
Rita from the Oconto County, WI list):
Please note that the attached message is now being sent through your ISP
service. They have been reported to various State Attorney General's
Office on computer fraud, but it is hard to catch up with them.
Originally the "company" linked to free information sites and placed the
pages in "frames" so that it looked like it was their own work.
Customers paid for that information. The scam, now, is paying for the
free information links and then they "move" frequently and leave their
paid-up customers without services.
3) Post these same instructions on any other lists today so that
Prodigy has a better chance of finding the spammers.