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Conman or not ?
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connieonnie | Report | 14 Oct 2006 22:18 |
i have received a message from a guy called 'Peter'. He was replying to mine which asked him if his family name was from a certain part of the country ( THAT IS ALL I ASKED ). His message back to me was this : If interested I can send a GED.COM File to you by mail. It is too large to send by e-mail. Please just send 10.00 dollars to cover postage, mailer, disc and handling to my address: Included is a name and address . What do you guys think ? Any one else had message like this ? Am i reading to much into this ? Connie |
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.•:*:•. Devishly Angelic Juliecat & Panda..•:*:•. | Report | 14 Oct 2006 22:24 |
Call me cynical but the fact he's asking for money makes me suspicious. |
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Beryl | Report | 14 Oct 2006 22:24 |
Hi Connie, I would be a bit careful as it must be a huge file if it can not be sent by e-mail. I do not really understand computers or e-mails but have just received my Gedcom file, which contains over 1000 names and it was only a small file. I am sure others will give you more advice. Beryl x |
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Bobtanian | Report | 14 Oct 2006 22:25 |
tell him you can pay by COD.........but then you wont know if the info is duff or not............Hmm difficult.......... Bob second thoughts ask him for certain connections, that you can verify |
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Gillian Jennifer | Report | 14 Oct 2006 22:27 |
Forget it |
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☼ Orangeblossom ☼ - Tracy | Report | 14 Oct 2006 22:28 |
There's no way a ged is too large to send by email unless it has millions of names on it. Most emails allow 1mb, some allow 2. My tree, with over 4000 people in it, is only 0.01mb as a ged. Sounds very sus to me - especially asking for 10. It only costs a maximum of 3 to send a CD by post, even from America. |
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BobClayton | Report | 14 Oct 2006 22:39 |
There are plenty of sites (eg mailbigfile) that allow you to send big files via links. Sounds like a con. Many allow 10mb attachments anyhow Bob |
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ErikaH | Report | 14 Oct 2006 22:44 |
I'd be very wary about giving this person your address......let alone sending him money! Reg |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 14 Oct 2006 23:00 |
I bet it's that guy from One World Tree with 55,000 names in his tree! Or wait - didn't we have an unashamed name collector on here a while ago? But I wouldn't part with any money - a genuine person would have replied, yes, I have Bloggs from Mudwick too - who are yours? OC |
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connieonnie | Report | 14 Oct 2006 23:34 |
I have already reported him to GR . I thought con straight away , i just wanted to see what others thought . Hope no-body falls for it . Connie |
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Carolina | Report | 14 Oct 2006 23:46 |
i have had the same email of him carolina xx |
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nairda1945 | Report | 14 Oct 2006 23:48 |
Forget it Connie its a scam, it has to be. |
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connieonnie | Report | 17 Oct 2006 15:03 |
Well i have received an e-mail from the Genes support team to say they have removed him from the site as nobody is allowed to ask for money on here. |