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possible email scam through this site?

i received an email from a sotia teneh and everything i read about her is vague and suspicsious of scamming. Starts off good day and mentions having vital information and to contact her. anyone else have this? or is she a legitimate member of the Douglas site?

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Permalink Reply by Kenneth Edward Douglas on March 21, 2013 at 15:51

I have gotten two, and if you google it you get a lot of info on scammers 

Permalink Reply by Douglas Bliss on December 12, 2020 at 12:12

I have received an email from a Michael Mccarthy from Lome, Togo claiming that he has vital information for me based on my profile.  I do not believe that this is genuine as there is very litle info on my profile. Also, I have read of many scams based in Togo. I have deleted the email without responding 

Permalink Reply by Timmy Douglass on December 12, 2020 at 16:34

I received it also from Michael McCarthy. Send it to trash.

Permalink Reply by April Roberta Lambourne on December 12, 2020 at 17:08

I got one too from a Michael Mccarthy - thanks for confirming my suspicions -  I will delete the message!

Permalink Reply by John Bonn on December 12, 2020 at 17:32

I also got the Michael McCarthy email today. Don't click on any Link in it. Just delete it.

Permalink Reply by Brad Bosley on December 12, 2020 at 21:11

I got almost exactly the same thing after signing up to my Gmail account from Michael McCarthy

Permalink Reply by Clemeunt Tranumn Douglass IV on January 28, 2022 at 22:01

I recieved another spam attempt from A Maris

CAN WE GET THEM BLOCKED AS WELL?

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Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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