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When something appears to be too good to be true -- it invariably is -- a scam. Mick On 19/05/2009 19:56, "Neil Williams" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 19 May 2009 19:47:23 +0100 > kevin <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I have this Email today >> >> a leading broker of online advertising, dealing >> with many thousands of independent webmasters worldwide. > > It's spam. What makes you think that a broker will offer this for free? > >> I've had a look at minionsbandb.co.uk and think that it would be a >> good match for our client, whose target demographic is similar to >> your own. > > Rubbish - I get dozens of exactly the same claims each year. This > despite the site itself explaining that such requests will always be > flatly ignored. If they've looked, they're blind. They haven't even > visited the site, probably harvested via another search engine. > >> We're working on their behalf to acquire advertising from >> quality websites such as your own. > > Rubbish. > >> We would be interested in purchasing advertising in the form of a >> text-based advertisement on your site. To reduce unnecessary admin and >> hassle, we prefer to pay a fixed annual fee for such advertisements." > > $0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 > >> Is it a scam of some type. > > "traffic poaching" and "search engine loading" - generally fails anyway. > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html