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From: "ernest hurst" <>
Subject: RE: [Melungeon] BEWARE
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 04:30:53 -0500


If you do a "google" search for "genealogy scams" you get close to 300
"hits", most all of which are worth reading. It's amazing the number of
ripoffs & amount of "defective genealogy" that is out there on the web &
just about everywhere else. False or fake genealogies have been being sold
for over 100 years. Anyone who is serious, and most who are not so serious,
about family history research needs to be very familiar with this subject
so they won't waste money or continue to perpetuate erroneous info that is
taken as "fact" by many.

Regards

Ernie Hurst

> [Original Message]
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> Date: 3/1/2003 1:22:37 AM
> Subject: [Melungeon] BEWARE
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> To: <A HREF="mailto:"></A>
> Sent from the Internet (Details)
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> Hi Everyone:
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>
> The old genealogy scam is back. www.genseekers.com
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>
> Behind the password protection are links to the free
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> genealogy on-line. There is no content of their own.
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>
> In order to get the "5-day free trial" you have to
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> surrender a credit card or bank account number. You
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> have to cancel within 5 days or you get dinged. Guess
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> what? The cancellation e-mail bounces. Does this
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> surprise you?
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>
> One person who recently fell for the come-on had
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> his/her account dinged not once, but twice.
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>
> It is time to remind folks on your state and county
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> mailing lists about these scoundrels. It has been a
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> couple of years since we have mentioned this.
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>
> Permission is granted to pass this on.
>
> Best, Sandi Carter
>
>
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