Possible internet genealogy scam

[tabitha]

Hi, my provider is tiscali.co.uk ! They are authentic but I've never come across tiscale.

tabitha

[leagen]

I have also been getting email saying I've won a lottery or some other type of drawing and telling me to click on a link to claim the money.  I Never click on any link from Anyone I don't know as that may lead to a virus.  Has anyone else received  those saying u won money and if so how did u handle it?    Leagen

[tabitha]

Leagen, I'm afraid I could be a millionaire lottery winner and don't know it....anything from a sender I don't recognise gets deleted without opening!!! I now have a spam filter which cuts down on loads of this rubbish!

"What I haven't got I won't miss" as the saying goes 

tabitha (the penniless one!!)

[suttontrust]

As I said before, if you get anything saying you've won lots of money, just forward it to scams@fraudwatchinternational.com

[gazza]

Anybody know what Namesdatabase.com is ? Bogus or legit? Got some strange emails from them that seem to know too much for my liking!

[juddee]

Sorry Tabitha

Hit the wrong key yet again Looking at the address again it is tiscali.co.uk.  Anything I can do?

Juddee

[tabitha]

Hi Juddee, just had a look at Tiscali.co.uk's web site, I can't find anyway of reporting suspected frauds direct to them other than sending a normal email.

I would suggest using the link supplied by sutton trust earlier in this thread and send the email to them at scams@fraudwatchinternational.com

The website there explains in detail some of the scams being used at the moment including Nigeria, Lottery, etc.

I don't know how the law works regarding email addresses being used for scams or illegal activities, so don't know if Tisacali have a legal duty (as opposed to a moral one!) to stop the use of their email addresses for this type of thing!

Cheers
tabitha 

[KathyM]

There's one going round with an attachment that says 'I love you' .....DO NOT OPEN THIS

[PaulineJ]

I had cause to report to tiscali some while ago. The link is in there honest; addy is abuse@tiscali.co.uk. Just *forward* it to them with the mail subject

lottery win/ anatomical enlargement (or whatever)  SPAM REPORT

Pauline