<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:v = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:p = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:powerpoint" xmlns:a = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:access" xmlns:dt = "uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882" xmlns:s = "uuid:BDC6E3F0-6DA3-11d1-A2A3-00AA00C14882" xmlns:rs = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:rowset" xmlns:z = "#RowsetSchema" xmlns:b = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:publisher" xmlns:ss = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet" xmlns:c = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:component:spreadsheet" xmlns:odc = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:odc" xmlns:oa = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:activation" xmlns:html = "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:q = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:rtc = "http://microsoft.com/officenet/conferencing" XMLNS:D = "DAV:" XMLNS:Repl = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/repl/" xmlns:mt = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/meetings/" xmlns:x2 = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/excel/2003/xml" xmlns:ppda = "http://www.passport.com/NameSpace.xsd" xmlns:ois = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/ois/" xmlns:dir = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/directory/" xmlns:ds = "http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xmldsig#" xmlns:dsp = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/dsp" xmlns:udc = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc" xmlns:xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:sub = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/2002/1/alerts/" xmlns:ec = "http://www.w3.org/2001/04/xmlenc#" xmlns:sp = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/" xmlns:sps = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/" xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:udcs = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/soap" xmlns:udcxf = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/xmlfile" xmlns:udcp2p = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/data/udc/parttopart" xmlns:wf = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/workflow/" xmlns:dsss = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig-setup" xmlns:dssi = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/digsig" xmlns:mdssi = "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/digital-signature" xmlns:mver = "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006" xmlns:m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns:mrels = "http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/relationships" xmlns:spwp = "http://microsoft.com/sharepoint/webpartpages" xmlns:ex12t = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/types" xmlns:ex12m = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/exchange/services/2006/messages" xmlns:pptsl = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/soap/SlideLibrary/" xmlns:spsl = "http://microsoft.com/webservices/SharePointPortalServer/PublishedLinksService" XMLNS:Z = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:" xmlns:st = ""><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18928"> <STYLE>@font-face { font-family: Calibri; } @font-face { font-family: Tahoma; } @page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; } P.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt } LI.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt } DIV.MsoNormal { MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman","serif"; FONT-SIZE: 12pt } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; mso-style-priority: 99 } SPAN.EmailStyle17 { FONT-FAMILY: "Arial","sans-serif"; COLOR: #1f497d; mso-style-type: personal-reply } .MsoChpDefault { mso-style-type: export-only } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US link=blue bgColor=#ffffff vLink=purple> <DIV> <DIV>This idea that 'friends of friends' wired money sounds like a classic urban legend.  Usually phrased in the manner "some friends of friends" did it, or saw it, or it happened to them.  When you go looking to see who these people were, it's like trying to drive to the horizon,  it keeps advancing in front of you through a continuous chain of new 'friends of friends'.  And you never reach an actual person who fell for it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I really think anyone  who has been on the net for years, or used email over the last 5 years should be relatively immune to these things.  The scam of inserting email addresses is an old one, and rarely means that the message actually came from that email address (if you looked at the actual headers, you'd see it rarely does).  I get 50 of these things a day.  Some using variation of my own email addresses (kind of stupid to then include me in the mailing!).  Everything you can imagine.  If we started alerting the local police with every one of these silly little attempts, they'd not be able to do anything else.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>they keep doing it simply because it's easy to do.  Not because it succeeds.  Someone somewhere lives in hope of finding a dupe.  I guess it keeps them busy.  I imagine the return on their efforts is very small.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Your email address can appear in the "from" box, but that doesn't mean it actually was the email account or address that sent out the scam.  People on hotmail or facebook sometimes allow their contacts or friends lists to be openly viewed by everyone.  Or they use third party FB apps that aren't subject to your FB privacy settings.  Easy enough to glean those names and use them, replacing the original email sender with a fake version of your own.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I find it strange that there's this kind of surprised and alarmed reaction to what is really a variation on a common email con.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry</DIV></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir=ltr> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Elissa@PowellGenealogy.com href="mailto:Elissa@PowellGenealogy.com">Elissa Scalise Powell, CG</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=gwen.pryor@gmail.com href="mailto:gwen.pryor@gmail.com">gwen.pryor@gmail.com</A> ; <A title=cgrs791@netscape.com href="mailto:cgrs791@netscape.com">'Charles S. Mason, Jr.'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=ksummers@byu.net href="mailto:ksummers@byu.net">ksummers@byu.net</A> ; <A title=apgpubliclist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgpubliclist@apgen.org">apgpubliclist@apgen.org</A> ; <A title=apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org href="mailto:apgmembersonlylist@apgen.org">'APG Members Only List'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 24, 2010 4:23 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Members] [APG Public List] SCAM: My Predicament!!!! (NeedHelp).</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">I believe it is hitting hotmail accounts. At least the 4 friends that I know of all had internet based emails that were hijacked and this type of message was sent out. I understand that some give instructions on how to wire money to that foreign country and that some people’s friends have actually done it. No wonder they keep on trying. They get money wired to them!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-- Elissa in Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Elissa Scalise Powell, CG<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><A href="http://www.PowellGenealogy.com">www.PowellGenealogy.com</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 9pt">CG and Certified Genealogist are Service Marks of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certificants after periodic evaluations by the Board. </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P> <DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: blue 1.5pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 4pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in"> <DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"> <P class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <B>On Behalf Of </B><A href="mailto:gwen.pryor@gmail.com">gwen.pryor@gmail.com</A><BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 24, 2010 3:33 PM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APG Public List] My Predicament!!!! (Need Help).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></P> <P class=MsoNormal>I was the victim of this scam a few weeks ago. Someone got into my email account and sent this email to my entire list. It took me 24 hrs before I could get into my account and change my password. Some friends called to make sure I was ok. Others I had just seen a few hours ago and knew it was a hoax. I am convinced it came from Facebook which is why I removed myself from it. Just Beware1<BR><BR><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>