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In my opinion, Barb has performed a great service to the list by providing this information. In addition to calling our attention to the pain and suffering caused by a person who apparently intended to deceive for personal gain, it has raised a concern that hadn't occurred to me before: > the fact > that I had been contacted through email, yet addressed as "Suzie" which is > my chat room nick name, This troubles me. It appears that a "scambag" was lurking in a chatroom, found out that Barb had PD, and used that knowledge to e-mail her personally, guiding her to a website that promised false hope at great financial expense. It's one thing to surf the web and locate a website offering a cure; it's quite another to receive a personal e-mail that directs the receiver to the site. This is a new level of deception -- or, at least, it's new to me. Besides the pain and distress this can cause, I'm worried that someone might respond to such a website giving personal information that could allow a huckster to trace the individual's location. It must have taken great courage on Barb's part to post this traumatic and painful information; I think we should all take notice, and use this information to increase our awareness of the levels of deception possible on the Internet. Thank you, Barb, for raising my awareness another notch. I intend to inform as many people as possible of this incident, including health professionals, as I believe others may benefit as much as I have. My very best regards, Kathrynne -- Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD "Nutrition you can live with!" Medical nutrition therapy http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ Tel: 970-493-6532 // Fax: 970-493-6538 "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" -Albert Einstein