OT: new kind of spam/scam?

hey guys. i've been getting quite a few of these emails
lately, and i
generally ignore them because we don't sell ad space on our
websites.
but they seem kind of shady to me, and i was just wondering
if anyone
else has been getting them, and if they are, in fact, just
another form
of spam or a scam. here's a typical message:
Good day,
My name is George Nelson and I am contacting you to inquire
eventual
purchase of a link on your website (my domain usually goes
here).
Could you please give us the prices for the following ad
options:
1) text link on your homepage only
2) text link on all pages
3) text box 120x60, 125x125 on homepage
4) text box 120x60, 125x125 on all pages
Thank you in advance!
George Nelson
here's another one:
Hello,
Browsing on the Internet I came upon your website (domain)
and I find it very interesting and useful.
My name is Daniel Lee and the reason I am contacting you is
my interest in
purchasing advertising spot on your site.
I will be very thankful if you tell me how much a text link
or banner 120x60
/ 125x125 on your home page or all pages will cost.
Thank you in advance!
Daniel Lee
note that they don't identify their company anywhere in the
message. and
the email address/name in the from field (which i didn't
post) doesn't
match the name at the end of the message. so, i guess it's
safe to
assume that it is spam. i'm just wondering what the point is!
there's no
links to click. no product to buy. just a fake ad quote
request. what's
the purpose?? usually spam or scam emails are trying to get
you to visit
a website, or download something. there's no call to action
in this one
at all. i just don't get it!
obviously it's not a problem or anything. i'm just curious
mainly. to
me, spamming seems to be just a huge waste of time anyway
(there can't
really be that many people who actually click on links in
spam, can
there??), but this one takes the cake!

No... gmail.
courtney (n h c) skrev:
> that one sounds like a legitimate request, to me. did
they tell you what
> company they work for?
>
> kim wrote:
>> I got one from someone that apparently wanted to put
in text-adds on
>> my site. They mentioned 7 specific pages they wanted
to advertise on
>> and gave me samples on how it would look. I didn't
like the whole
>> concept of having "content placement" on my site
(even though I was
>> "allowed" to place *advertisement* above the text),
the offer was for
>> a *lifetime* deal!!! and the money was ridiculous.
>>
>> So I thought it was over but they came back with a
"better" offer and
>> I didn't reply to that one.
>>
>> Have anyone ever gotten one of these?
>>
>> Sonjay skrev:
>>> On 2/14/08 12:44 PM, "courtney (n h c)" wrote:
>>>
>>>> hey guys. i've been getting quite a few of
these emails lately, and i
>>>> generally ignore them because we don't sell
ad space on our websites.
>>>> but they seem kind of shady to me, and i was
just wondering if anyone
>>>> else has been getting them, and if they are,
in fact, just another form
>>>> of spam or a scam. here's a typical message:
>>>>
>>>> Good day,
>>>>
>>>> My name is George Nelson and I am contacting
you to inquire eventual
>>>> purchase of a link on your website (my
domain usually goes here).
>>>> Could you please give us the prices for the
following ad options:
>>>>
>>>> 1) text link on your homepage only
>>>> 2) text link on all pages
>>>> 3) text box 120x60, 125x125 on homepage
>>>> 4) text box 120x60, 125x125 on all pages
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance!
>>>>
>>>> George Nelson
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> here's another one:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Browsing on the Internet I came upon your
website (domain) and I
>>>> find it very
>>>> interesting and useful.
>>>> My name is Daniel Lee and the reason I am
contacting you is my
>>>> interest in
>>>> purchasing advertising spot on your site.
>>>> I will be very thankful if you tell me how
much a text link or
>>>> banner 120x60
>>>> / 125x125 on your home page or all pages
will cost.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance!
>>>>
>>>> Daniel Lee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> note that they don't identify their company
anywhere in the message.
>>>> and
>>>> the email address/name in the from field
(which i didn't post) doesn't
>>>> match the name at the end of the message.
so, i guess it's safe to
>>>> assume that it is spam. i'm just wondering
what the point is!
>>>> there's no
>>>> links to click. no product to buy. just a
fake ad quote request. what's
>>>> the purpose?? usually spam or scam emails
are trying to get you to
>>>> visit
>>>> a website, or download something. there's no
call to action in this one
>>>> at all. i just don't get it!
>>>>
>>>> obviously it's not a problem or anything.
i'm just curious mainly. to
>>>> me, spamming seems to be just a huge waste
of time anyway (there can't
>>>> really be that many people who actually
click on links in spam, can
>>>> there??), but this one takes the cake!
>>>
>>> I've gotten a couple of these, too.
>>>
>>> I have no way of knowing for sure, but it's
possible that these are
>>> intended
>>> to induce you to reply to the e-mail.
>>>
>>> Once you reply, they know your e-mail address is
valid, and that you
>>> read
>>> e-mail to that address.
>>>
>>> Now they can put that e-mail on on a big ol'
list and sell it --
>>> which they
>>> can market as "Verified, valid e-mail
addresses!!!!!"
>>>
>>
>
Kim
http://www.geekministry.com

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