Posts about ‘spam’
This latest junk email I received was from a domain registrar in China. The claim was that some guy (“Justin Lin”) was trying to buy a bunch of Chinese “R3R” domains (like r3r.cn, r3r.com.cn, r3r.net.cn, etc.). The message from this registrar representative (Tina) was supposedly a courtesy outreach - just to ask if I had any [...] (more)
Mar
Daily Junk: Search Engine Optimization Junk Mail a Little Tougher to Identify as Spam
Posted by: Jeremy Reither
Here’s another installment fom the Junk Mail box – another email pitch I recently received containing promises of the sender’s ability to get me high search engine rankings and insignt into his ‘secret sauce’ approach to internet marketing. Today’s spammer culprit manages to make his message look a little more genuine than some of the [...] (more)
Have you noticed an up-tick in the amount of ‘get rich quick online’ spam you’ve gotten over the past few weeks? If so, then you’re not alone. Not only is there more of it, its seems to be getting harder to differentiate from legitimate email. So, we’re putting a spotlight on it, and helping our [...] (more)
Mar
Daily Junk: Generous Offers to Save You Time and Money by Automating Your Web Marketing
Posted by: Jeremy Reither
The latest offender in our Daily Junk series comes from a scammer who is proposing to let you in on a few search engine optimization “insider *secrets*” – lucky you. One way that people sometimes market their websites is by submitting them for inclusion in various related internet directories. This scammer proposes to be offering [...] (more)
Here’s another entry for our Daily Junk blog series (straight from the Junk Mail box): “Get Your Website Ranked High in The Major Search Engines…” Gotta give these guys a little credit for at least spelling the words correctly…but I’m also going to point and laugh at them because of some other rookie mistakes. Let’s [...] (more)
One of my new favorite things to do is to poke holes in the spam messages I get…figuratively. I hope most of you recognize junk mail when you see it, but there are a lot of people who are very new to the idea of search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO), and [...] (more)
I’m always blown away how many ‘get rich quick’ spam e-mails I get. But what’s even more shocking is that people buy into this crap. I mean they must – otherwise the spammers would be out of a job. Here are a few of the latest pathetic nuggets of supposed wisdom from my spam box. [...] (more)
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