At 01:20 PM 3/26/2003 -0600, Kim Dresser wrote:
I first just deleted them but I've gotten so many from different
email
addresses it makes you wonder what these folks are up too!
The reason I posted the first message is that it was the first time I had
seen anyone specifically targeting genealogy researchers and thought it
particularly relevant. I now have had several people tell me they had
received similar messages. I contacted the email hosts and hopefully they
will cut this fellow off.
There are a million variations and websites dedicated to fighting
this. They used to do this via mail and/or fax. I first ran into it when I
was living in Germany about 1989. These are ALL scams. As I indicated
they estimate people have lost at least $5 billion US to these folks.
We can all do better to just delete anything where some guy says he is
going to give you a few million dollars. It isn't going to happen.
I think we can get back to Wells genealogy again. <g>
Orin R. Wells
Wells Family Research Association
P. O. Box 5427
Kent, Washington 98064-5427
<OrinWells(a)wells.org>
http://www.wells.org
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