July 27, 2007: It really is a shame someone would do this. I suspect there is a legitimate business to be made getting people back in touch with old friends, but greed seems to have gotten in the mix somehow. There are actually a few free alumni sites out there. None of them have been around as long/have as many members as Classmates, though.
I keep getting messages from these people (a local company, as it happens) and reminded that I have email from someone in my high school class.
Well, the sender’s name they cite is not one I know and am quite sure is bogus. But how to find out? I have to pay to read the message(?!), and I’m not likely to do that. So I just dropped my free account with them. Seems like a scam to me, and I’m not playing. More here.
[update] thanks for the followup comments from everyone below. if this a scam, let’s get the information out there.
[hey!] Tell me what you think of this idea?
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