[StBernard] St. Bernard Parish Returning Residents

[Westley Annis]

Craig,

I was wondering that myself.  Double-checked and my email list is password
protected, and even then, some addresses are marked as private so they don't
show up as readily.

Unfortunately, I think what they did do is grab them from the parishes web
site off the Returning Residents list.  Naturally, both you and Jim are on
the returning list and received the emails.

These people, besides being low-life spammers, are also claiming to have had
a business address on Packenham Drive that was flooded because of the storm.

Web searches have only provided the Gonzales address and reverse searches of
the Chalmette phone number they provide shows no matches.  Since the online
databases are usually at least 6-12 months out of date, this tells me they
were not in Chalmette prior to the storm.

I may be wrong, but only the parish or Sheriff's office can tell us if they
were licensed in St. Bernard prior to Katrina.

I'm not seeing it in the sample that Jim sent, did they provide a link to be
removed from their email list?  I believe that it is a Federal crime to send
unsolicited email, especially without a method of removal.  I also think the
Parish may be able to pursue them from stealing the names and email
addresses off of the parishes web site for unapproved usage.

I guess they are scrambling for whatever business they can get since they
have apparently also lost out on some Corps of Engineers projects.

Westley

-----Original Message-----

I got the same message.  Do not know how they picked up my email.  Westley
did someone pick up email addresses from your server list?
 
Craig