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Camilla.... Very interesting you should mention receiving email from strangers requesting personal information. There's another type operation on the Internet where individuals send email to strangers hoping to receive a reply... ANY reply.. even a negative one. This is proof to them that this is a "live" email address... one that has a real person owning it. With that proof in hand, if you respond to one of their unsolicited messages they get paid from one to three cents per name (which CAN add up), then your name is added to a list of valid email addresses which may have anywhere from a few hundred to several thousands such addresses on it and that list is sold for anywhere from 2 or 3 cents per name all the way up to ten cents per name. So the next time you respond to an email from a stranger by telling them you're not interested in whatever it is they're selling, remember that your response may have made them some money! Barb Mallut [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Parkinson's Information Exchange On Behalf Of Camilla Flintermann Sent: Monday, April 14, 1997 10:07 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Re: Barb Patterson's Message Dear Barb Mallut-- thanks for the SCARY but INFORMATIVE message...a new level/form of "juvenile delinquency" I certainly wasn't aware of. Tho I've not received any messages like you describe, I have had a couple of messages from overseas seeking personal info/"friendship" from persons I never heard of, (NOT on this list :-) ) and when I sent non-committal or questioning replies I heard nothing more! I'd no idea how they got our address--but there are "things in heaven and earth unheard of in (our) philosophy", as Shakespeare said! And we thought graffiti were a problem!!! Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter, 78/7, Oxford,Ohio [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * "Ask me about the CARE list for PD caregivers!" * * * * * * * * * * * * * *