Harry wrote: >I have been recieving all kinds of spam mail again from a person >called Danielle Wexler who claims to have written a book on ferret >care. I have seen this same book offered by a few others also >claming that it was written by them. > >This e-book sells for around $50.00 and is nothing but an e-mail >scam the information in the book is about 99% misinformation. I found one place that rates it and from your description they were generous. It got 2 stars out of 5, so "unacceptable" rather than "totally unacceptable", and the price was almost halved though if a person were to go by the rating as a percentage of useful content it should cost below half price: http://www.e-library.us/search.php?aut=Danielle%20Wexler Must be for that 1% you mention, and it does NOT sound like a bargain at that price, either, to me from your description and the ads', spams', and letters' claims -- some of which are downright overboard. Let's see, 1% of $50 is what? 50 cents, right... Speaking of the other links including it: Hmmm, http://www.daysurf.com/web-links-a/29276-Index-page-for-Defrauding- America.htm is one of the links from http://www.daysurf.com/web-links-a/Amazingferretsecrets.com.htm If you go there you get asked to go to http://www.pay-links.com/index.html for an update on the ferret book site itself and if you click on the link for the ferret book site you get (including typo) >The site you are about to access is in none compliance with pay-links >listing terms and conditions. Please return to select a different site. > > Site marked for deletion! This person appeared out of nowhere suddenly claiming expert status. The name is not in any type of ferret or veterinary reference that I can find. Between no one knowing that name, what Harry found, the sorts of come- ons and claims made, and this additional info, it stinks to me. -- Sukie (not a vet, and not speaking for any of the below in my private posts) Recommended health resources to help ferrets and the people who love them: Ferret Health List http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth FHL Archives http://ferrethealth.org/archive/ AFIP Ferret Pathology http://www.afip.org/ferrets/index.html Miamiferrets http://www.miamiferret.org/fhc/ International Ferret Congress Critical References http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 5362]