Sounds like Identity Theft to me. Check with
Ancestry.com
Keith Evans
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Williams" <wi11iam4.t.1913(a)tesco.net>
To: <WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [MER] Phishing
Rhian
Don't take chances! No reputable organisation will ask for those details.
Check with Ancestry just in case.
William
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rhian Williams" <rhian.williams3(a)tinyworld.co.uk>
To: <WLS-MERIONETHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 10:07 PM
Subject: [MER] Phishing
> Is anyone else a subscriber to ancestry.com? I've had two emails from
the
> email address below which I am suspicious of. They say that they
are
unable
> to take a quarterly payment from my credit card (although there has been
no
> difficulty in the past) and ask me to click through to what appears to
be
a
> secure website and confirm my credit card details. Although everything
looks
> very genuine, I am still very very suspicious that it is 'phishing' ie a
> scam to get me to give out credit card details so that someone else can
use
> them illegally. Has anyone else had the same thing or can anyone confirm
> whether the email address below is exactly right? Although they give a
> telephone number to contact, it is of course a number in the US
available
> only certain hours (Mountain Standard Time) which I am unlikely
to phone
> because of the cost.
>
> accountservices(a)myfamilyinc.com
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Rhian
>
>
>
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