At 2:40 PM -0500 02/22/01, Coyt D. Watters wrote:
>On 22 Feb 2001, at 9:40, Edward Reid wrote:
> > Oh, also beware of messages that say "are you my cousin"
>Ok, with these you really should scan the message.
Oh, I completely agree. If it has the slightest reasonable explanation,
then it's probably legitimate, and certainly worth the risk of
replying. The ones I was talking about don't have even the least shred
of information, and when you read them carefully you realize that they
don't even mention your name. It's a real tipoff if you get identical
messages at multiple accounts.
My mother has also done a lot of genealogical research -- I think she
has almost 2000 entries in her Brother's Keeper database, "all related
to my children" as she puts it -- and I certainly don't want to
discourage any legitimate attempts to contact people.
Edward Reid
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