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jsphillips

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Joined: 13/08/06
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unsubscribed from Users List.

Posted on: 05/04/12 at 09:11:05 GMT

Today I received an email with my own email address on!!
On being curious that I did not send myself an email I opened it and it was selling me some pills. Then I received a message purporting to come from Family Historian Users saying "you have been unsubsribed from the Family Historian Users List"
If this is incorrect please send email to :-

"FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-admin@rootsweb.com"
I never asked to be unsubscribed !!!
Is this also a scam ??
I have put this in also to warn others
I would be grateful if the admin ie Jane etc would confirm or otherwise my removal and that the address above is a Good address. And if so the reason why I have been unsubscribed
John

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johnmorrisoniom

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Re: unsubscribed from Users List.

Posted on: 05/04/12 at 09:16:49 GMT

To me, this has all the hallmarks of a phishing scam.

The reply to address is on rootsweb, not fhug.org.uk

I would advise not to reply, and do not click on the link either.

John

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jsphillips

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Joined: 13/08/06
Forum Posts: 153

Re: unsubscribed from Users List.

Posted on: 05/04/12 at 09:42:04 GMT

Thanks
My concern was (1) Have I been unsubscribed ?
(2) how can I receive an email to myself ??

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Jane

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Re: unsubscribed from Users List.

Posted on: 05/04/12 at 10:24:05 GMT

What sometimes happens is AOL blocks Rootsweb and as the messages can get through people get bounced off the list.

I have added you back to the list.

Jane (admin)

"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad."

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tatewise

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Re: unsubscribed from Users List.

Posted on: 05/04/12 at 10:29:29 GMT

Do you mean an E-mail FROM yourself?

E-mail is notoriously easily to fake in many ways.
It is quite easy for a Spam/Phishing E-mail to use a fake From address, that is different from the actual sender's address.
There are techniques in most E-mail software to check where an E-mail actually comes from, but it can get quite technical.

So the E-mail selling pills, with your E-mail From address, is almost certainly faked.

The FHU unsubscribed E-mail may be a fake too, or just coincidental.
The FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-admin@rootsweb.com address is correct as listed on the web page reached by following the Main Menu Mailing List link top left i.e. http://www.fhug.org.uk/maillist.php.

Mike Tate is researching the TATE and SCOTT family tree and all relations.

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jsphillips

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Joined: 13/08/06
Forum Posts: 153

Re: unsubscribed from Users List.

Posted on: 05/04/12 at 10:39:59 GMT

Thank you ALL of you for your help.
I have noted that the Rootsweb address is correct and thank you Jane for adding me back in again.
I have been with AOL and FHUG for many years and never had this problem before.
John

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tatewise

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Re: unsubscribed from Users List.

Posted on: 05/04/12 at 10:50:03 GMT

Please note that FHUG and FHU-Mailing List are quite separate.

The FHUG is everything on this web site and run voluntarily by Jane, who does an excellent job.

The FHU-Mailing List is run by Simon Orde of Calico Pie on http://www.rootsweb.com.

The fact that Jane is also an administrator of the FHU-Mailing List can give the false impression that it is part of this FHUG.

Mike Tate is researching the TATE and SCOTT family tree and all relations.

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