Comments on: My Morning Spam

By: Dawn Marie

Dawn Marie — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:23:43 +0000

these guys are spamming my reservation forms on my site too…im getting 3-5 a day…driving me nutz

Eugene Stickland
ContactNo: 000-000-0000
EmailAdd: eugene2301@gmail.com
ArrivalDate: 11/02/09
DepartureDate:
No.OfPersons: 01
More_than_6:
Tourinfo_no:
tourinfo_yes: tourinfo_yes
NoOfStandardRoom: 00
NoOfDormitoryRoom: 00
B1: Submit
Date: 08/29/2009

Address:

224 Lawrence Road

Message:

Increase traffic to your website

We would like to get your website on first page of Google.

All of our processes use the most ethical “white hat” Search Engine Optimization techniques that Will
not get your website banned or penalized.

Please reply and I would be happy to send you a proposal.

In order for us to respond to your request for information, please include your company’s website address (mandatory) and or phone number. info@nationalpositions.com

By: Ouch

Ouch — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:35:32 +0000

I did the reply to have them stop… I still get the spam.

By: Matt Hasty

Matt Hasty — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:18:16 +0000

I’ve been getting 1 a day for the last week with the address of:

567 WEST CHANNEL ISLANDS BLVD
PORT HUENEME, CA 93041 – USA

I did a search for that address and found this blog.
Thanks for the heads-up on this. I’m not interested in SEO services, but the sudden attack of spam got my curiosity up. Every message is identical except for the name and gmail account it was sent from.

Some of the names used seem somewhat amusing… (skimmed from spam not yet trashed)
Fidelia Coffee
Dion Atchley
Bal
rajesh
DK Raen

And some of them are using this address:
501 VERDUGO WAY
WESTLAKE VILLAGE , CA
91362 – USA

Is is true that responding to a spam message with “REMOVE” request will actually generate more spam? I heard that it just verifies the fact that someone actually opened the message, and to a spammer, that’s a hot contact! These messages all ask for a response of “opt out” to be sent. I’m not going to do that because it’ll just prove to the sender that I read every word of the message!!!

By: Ouch

Ouch — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:53:07 +0000

Got another one worth highlighting – the address is to a Mail Boxes Etc…

Dear Website Owner,

65% of people searching the Internet will never find your web site unless you’re ranked on first page of Google, MSN, or Yahoo. If I help you obtain as much as 4 times more WEB traffic to your online business by promoting you to the first page of the search engines would you be interested?

Our company is on the first page when you search on Google for our primary search term “SEO Company.” We would like to do the same for your web site so you can come up for your main keywords as well? All of our processes use the most ethical “white hat” Search Engine Optimization techniques that will not get your website banned or penalized.

This special SEO program includes:
• No upfront fees
• A month-to-month program
• More traffic guaranteed

Please reply to my email and I would be happy to send you a proposal.
______________________________________________________________________
Sincerely,
rnikita jaksh

567 WEST CHANNEL ISLANDS BLVD
PORT HUENEME, CA 93041 – USA
______________________________________________________________________
Simply reply with opt out if not interested to hear from us.

By: Karen Hutchinson

Karen Hutchinson — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:21:12 +0000

These folks started spamming us about two weeks ago using various gmail accounts, with assorted names that sounded like a Guru or a Pimp. To date we have collected approximately 150 emails that all contain the same info from different senders. We spoke with a Mr. Kafka at nationalpositions.com who assured us the spamming would stop. Well it hasn’t. Mr. Kafka indicated to us that the problem seemed to be with the employees of the “India call center”.

Maybe these folks could start a new reality show called “Pimp My Website”.

Sorry, but they are really annoying and I just had to comment.

By: Sarwan Singh Randhawa

Sarwan Singh Randhawa — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:57:29 +0000

Thank you so much for the awareness. When I received the following email today, I decided to check what type of services they provide but when I started my research and found out from your website that it is a fraud, I left the idea. – Thanks again:
Dear Website Owner,

65% of people searching the Internet will never find your website unless you’re found on first page of Google, Yahoo, or MSN. If I could obtain as much as 7 times more RELEVANT traffic to your online business by getting you to the first page of the search results would you be interested?

Our company is consistently on the first page when you search on Google for our main search term “SEO Company.” We would like to do the same for your web site so you can rank for your main keyword terms as well? All of our processes use the most ethical “white hat” SEO techniques that will not get your web site banned or penalized.

This special SEO program includes:
• No upfront fees
• Cancel at any time
• Guaranteed increase in traffic

Simply reply to this email message and I will be happy to provide you a custom proposal.
_________________________________________________________
Warm Regards,
Lawrence Branson

2060 AVENIDA DE LOS ARBOLES, STE D
THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91362-1361 – USA

By: Albert Whale

Albert Whale — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 02:17:05 +0000

I found this blog today, because I got one of the Spam-vertisements from this actor. Here is Cron’s brother Ken. As a security consulting company, one that also does Web Hosting, all of the comments from above apply here:

1. Googlemail account
2. No business name
3. No valid domain name for business representing
……
When in doubt check out the better business bureau, we are members and it helps to have a company back up your reputation for you.

Here’s the original spam:

Dear Business Owner,

I just reviewed your website and I feel certain that I can increase the traffic to your site at a fifth of what you are paying right now.

We are the number 1 SEO company on Google. Our pricing is extremely competitive and our results are phenomenal.

Please let me know if I can send you further information to help you increase the traffic and profitability of your web business.

What we’ve done for others – recent results include:

Increased Online Revenue by 411% in 7 months.
Increased Monthly Website Traffic from 3,293 visitors to 21,545 visitors.
Generated $28,274.00 in Revenue with only $2400 investment in our services
Generated 16 Sales and $398,381.00 in Business with after just 2 months
________________________________________________________
Warm Regards,
Ken

2060 AVENIDA DE LOS ARBOLES, STE D
THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91362-1361 – USA
_________________________________________________________

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By: Rick Levy

Rick Levy — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 01:38:02 +0000

I received that email today, and as a former resident of Southern California and a retired bill collector, the address struck me right away as a mail drop. That told me every thing I needed to know.

By: Dingo

Dingo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:55:28 +0000

I just got one of these emails. For what it’s worth, I reported them to Google, for using a Gmail account for SPAM. Here is the link:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=abuse_phishing

By: T. Castillo

T. Castillo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:20:35 +0000

Hi – I got a kick out of your post. Apparently, Cron’s brother Travis is also touting “white hat” SEO practices. Here is a copy of the message I received today (total rip off):

Dear Business Owner,

75% of POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS searching the Internet will never find your web site unless you’re on the first page of Google, Yahoo, or MSN. If I could get as much as 4 times more INTERNET traffic to your website by promoting you to the top of the search engines would you be interested?

Our company is consistently on the first page when you search on Google for our primary search term “SEO Company.” We would like to do the same for your Company’s website so you can rank for your main keyword terms as well? All of our techniques use the most ethical “white hat” Search Engine Optimization methods that will not get your website banned or penalized.

This search engine optimization program includes:
• No upfront fees
• A month to month program (no long term contracts)
• Guaranteed increase in traffic

Simply reply to this email and I would be delighted to send you a custom proposal
_________________________________________________________

Warm Regards,
Travis

2060 AVENIDA DE LOS ARBOLES, STE D
THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91362-1361 – USA