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May 20, 2009

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Ros Bott

Wow - I've had loads of these type of email scams, but I've never had a genealogical one. Of course most of us know just to delete them straight away, but if you're new to using email you are vulnerable.
Ros

Lucy Shore

I received one of these in December purportedly from a lawyer on the Ivory Coast, following the death of a client named Shore, together with his immediate family. I immediately sent it to the place where all such e-mails go but not without sending a copy to my husband (after all, it is HIS name), commenting on the 'new twist to an old scam.'

I'm dismayed to learn that there are still people falling for these old scams albeit with a new twist.

Geezer

Dick, could you give us the exact address of the genealogy story?
Or do we have to watch the whole series to see it. I saw the lady cry and the fact that she lost $400000, but no details.i

Dick Eastman

The story is available at http://www.stophcommerce.com

Episode 1 is available now and future episodes will become available in coming weeks.

- Dick Eastman

Gordon Banks

It is incredible that there are still people out there who have not heard about these African scams. I must get 10 emails a week with some variation about someone with my name has died in Africa and I am apparently their heir. This has been going on for at least 10 years! This explains why I am still getting these emails. Some of them still work!

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