RootsWeb: FERMANAGH-GOLD-L Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD New subscription request to list from tomt...

Sounds like a variation of the "grandchild phoning from a prison in the middle east" scam that did its rounds here not so long ago.

Carl

On 08-11-2011, at 3:33 AM, sean roche wrote:

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> fyi

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> re: Of course they are getting names, email addresses through these Forums!

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> I received a very strange email from a TOM FEE 2 weeks ago, telling me he had been mugged in SPAIN and asking me to send him money as his bank cards had also been stolen.

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> I was wondering how someone could link me to the name FEE...........

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> Maybe he got my email address and connection to the FEE family from one of these genealogy forums ??

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> SEAN

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>> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 10:17:23 +0000

>> From: 

>> To: 

>> Subject: Re: FERMANAGH-GOLD New subscription request to list from tomt...

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>> Of course they are getting names, email addresses through these Forums!

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>> One does not have to be a member to read messages which give people's names and email addresses! Therein lies the danger.

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>> One should have to become a member before one can read anything posted here! Why should these people have FREE ACCESS to all the databases etc on FG 

>> completely anonymously ????

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>> It should be compulsory to at least Subscribe BEFORE being able to access messages/databases etc. ANYONE in the world has free access to people's 

>> email addresses...grrrrrrr!

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>> People have been "removed" for "disturbing the effluent"....but why should these still have access to postings etc???

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>> In this day where Internet Security is paramount why should genuine researchers be exposed to such high levels of exposure? If people want to be able 

>> to read messages they should at least need to Subscribe, then at least they can be traceable should a problem arise!

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>> The MINIMUM requirement should be to subscribe to read messages etc!!! Otherwise we are exposed to these Anonymous "people".....

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>> SUBSCRIBING is a simple matter so why not at least close the door to this exposure?

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>> or do we close the gate after the horse has bolted??

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>> Don, I presume you know you can check the source of an email, the mail server used, ISP, Mail Program, Anti Virus used. etc..here's FG's route to 

>> me!! (trimble's can be checked too)

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>> From - Tue Nov 08 08:23:08 2011

>> X-Account-Key: account2

>> X-UIDL: C0321158311.MSG

>> X-Mozilla-Status: 0001

>> X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000

>> X-Mozilla-Keys:

>> Return-path:<>

>> Received: from mx2.u.tv (unverified [194.46.8.182]) by ni-mail3.dna.utvinternet.net

>> (Vircom SMTPRS 4.7.840.0) with ESMTP id<>;

>> Tue, 8 Nov 2011 08:12:54 +0000

>> X-Modus-BlackList: 194.46.8.182=OK;=OK

>> X-Modus-Trusted: 194.46.8.182=YES

>> X-Modus-Audit: FALSE;0;0;0

>> Received: from lists9.rootsweb.com ([66.43.28.163])

>> by mx2.u.tv with ESMTP; 08 Nov 2011 08:12:53 +0000

>> Received: from lists9.rootsweb.com (lists9.rootsweb.com [127.0.0.1])

>> by lists9.rootsweb.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pA88CKln003783

>> Tue, 8 Nov 2011 01:12:51 -0700

>> From: 

>> Subject: FERMANAGH-GOLD Digest, Vol 6, Issue 426

>> To: 

>> Reply-To: 

>> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 01:00:42 -0700

>> Message-ID:<>

>> MIME-Version: 1.0

>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

>> X-BeenThere: 

>> X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.7

>> Precedence: list

>> List-Id:<fermanagh-gold.rootsweb.com>

>> X-Loop: 

>> X-Member: 

>> List-Unsubscribe:<http://lists9.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mailman/listinfo/fermanagh-gold>;,

>> <mailto:?subject=unsubscribe>

>> List-Archive:<http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index?list=fermanagh-gold>;

>> List-Post:<mailto:>

>> List-Help:<mailto:?subject=help>

>> List-Subscribe:<http://lists9.rootsweb.ancestry.com/mailman/listinfo/fermanagh-gold>;,

>> <mailto:?subject=subscribe>

>> Sender: 

>> Errors-To: f+-ermanagh-gold-bounce+hallmark1=

>> X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 111108-0, 07/11/2011), Inbound message

>> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean

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>> On 08/11/2011 08:00,  wrote:

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>> Unfortunately...maybe they are getting our names through Archives!

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