The urban legend article sounds like something different than what we're going through, but it does drive home the point that we should be careful about what we sign up for. Thanks for sending it along! Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "tactilelady" <penwal1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:22:03 -0700 To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [pchelpers] Urban Legends Reference > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="Windows-1252" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Susan does this sound like what Europa Business Finders offered you? I = > went to their site. I still haven't figured out how they made it appear = > you were trading services. There is a big halla balu about Link exchange = > scams, but apparently not much that can be done about it because like = > they commented on web master who is going to police it? I'm thinking = > Shurbert is right unless they bang down your door ignore them. In fact = > if you see an e-mail from them delete it don't even open it. If they = > send physical mail write on the envelope undeliverable and send it back. = > They may bank on people being so fed up with them harassing them they = > pay up so they will keep trying for a while. Personally I would send = > their mail back and ignore them....period. > > Pen > > http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/bhcom.htm > > -- ____________________________________________________ Another FREE service from Jayde Online http://www.jayde.com Private,Web-based email accounts at http://www.jaydemail.com Powered by Outblaze Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.