unsubscribed from Users List.

jsphillips · Post by **jsphillips** » 05 Apr 2012 09:11

Today I received an email with my own email address on!!
On being curious that I did not send myself an email I opened it and it was selling me some pills. Then I received a message purporting to come from Family Historian Users saying 'you have been unsubsribed from the Family Historian Users List'
If this is incorrect please send email to :-

'FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-admin@rootsweb.com'
I never asked to be unsubscribed !!!
Is this also a scam ??
I have put this in also to warn others
I would be grateful if the admin ie Jane etc would confirm or otherwise my removal and that the address above is a Good address. And if so the reason why I have been unsubscribed
John

ID:6107

johnmorrisoniom · Post by **johnmorrisoniom** » 05 Apr 2012 09:16

To me, this has all the hallmarks of a phishing scam.

The reply to address is on rootsweb, not fhug.org.uk

I would advise not to reply, and do not click on the link either.

John

jsphillips · Post by **jsphillips** » 05 Apr 2012 09:42

Thanks
My concern was (1) Have I been unsubscribed ?
(2) how can I receive an email to myself ??

YouTube · Post by **Jane** » 05 Apr 2012 10:24

What sometimes happens is AOL blocks Rootsweb and as the messages can get through people get bounced off the list.

I have added you back to the list.

Post by **tatewise** » 05 Apr 2012 10:29

Do you mean an E-mail FROM yourself?

E-mail is notoriously easily to fake in many ways.
It is quite easy for a Spam/Phishing E-mail to use a fake From address, that is different from the actual sender's address.
There are techniques in most E-mail software to check where an E-mail actually comes from, but it can get quite technical.

So the E-mail selling pills, with your E-mail From address, is almost certainly faked.

The FHU unsubscribed E-mail may be a fake too, or just coincidental.
The FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-admin@rootsweb.com address is correct as listed on the web page reached by following the Main Menu Mailing List link top left i.e. http://www.fhug.org.uk/maillist.php.

jsphillips · Post by **jsphillips** » 05 Apr 2012 10:39

Thank you ALL of you for your help.
I have noted that the Rootsweb address is correct and thank you Jane for adding me back in again.
I have been with AOL and FHUG for many years and never had this problem before.
John[smile]

Post by **tatewise** » 05 Apr 2012 10:50

Please note that FHUG and FHU-Mailing List are quite separate.

The FHUG is everything on this web site and run voluntarily by Jane, who does an excellent job.

The FHU-Mailing List is run by Simon Orde of Calico Pie on http://www.rootsweb.com.

The fact that Jane is also an administrator of the FHU-Mailing List can give the false impression that it is part of this FHUG.

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