19 messages from Ancestry in one day

[tedscout]

I have had 19 messages from Ancestry today.

I checked the first 5 and they all wanted my email address to send photos or documents.

All are new members? Is it my lucky day or is it a scam??

[Pheno]

I had 55 new messages yesterday according to the envelope icon on the top bar.

When I checked all were messages I had previously received and responded to but they had been highlighted as new.

I assume it is something related to the new Ancestry messaging system that has recently kicked in.

Pheno

[Flemming]

Are they all from the same family line, or different ones? And are the messages just on Ancestry's site or come through to your email inbox?

[brigidmac]

Mine showed up as having 4 messages turned out it was 4 messages id sent that havent been read yet
And im getting a pernanennt 1 message sign an my other account but cant see a message

[Gadget]

tedscout~

This is all very strange. I'd be tempted to say that they were spam.

I've not had any, either by e-mail or through the Ancestry messaging system.  Everything looks normal for me.

Have you contacted Ancestry to ask if they are genuine?


Gadget

[Pheno]

Mine are all through the Ancestry site itself, I had no notification in my personal email which I shouldn't have had because actually they were not new, some were really quite old.

Am sure it is something to do with the new messaging system.

I simply scanned down the list, clicked on those that were in bold font (as being unread) and this seems to have set the system back to normal - no new messages.

Pheno

[Flemming]

If fredscout hasn't had these messages before (and how many of us have 19 messages across many years wanting to share photos?), I'm with Gadget and think it sounds suspicious.

[brigidmac]

I didnt get any email notifications either so assumed it was something to do with realignment
The 4 message notification has gone now .