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Not quite a Newb Joined: 31 May 2009 Posts: 76

Just got this today and got a giggle so I thought I would share...

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http://www.419eater.com - Contact needed
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:26:14 AMFrom: Marc Schneider <[email protected]>Add to Contacts
To: Me

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I am Dr. Marc Schneider and I work for Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc. in Washington DC ( Tel: 1 202-250-3645) - I would like to speak with the person in charge of your international clientele. Who is my contact? Who should I speak to??

In fact, after visiting http://www.419eater.com , I have noticed that your website cannot be found on foreign search engines (I tested it on Hispanic search engines, German search engines, Asian search engines, etc.) Our company is specialized in multilingual search engine promotions in 28 languages . From the Japanese Google to the German Yahoo, from the AOL in Spanish to the MSN in Chinese, we can show you how to develop a true international online presence by promoting your website on foreign search engines.

Let us show you how to develop a presence on the multilingual web without having to translate your website: It is not necessary to translate your website in order to submit to foreign search engines, however, you need to have at least 1 page in Japanese optimized with Japanese keywords and meta tags in order to submit to Japanese search engines, at least 1 page in Spanish optimized with Spanish keywords in order to submit to Hispanic search engines and so on...

I strongly suggest that you watch our online presentation which will explains clearly how to get top rankings on foreign search engines with only 1 entry page per language (click on the following link or copy-paste it into your web browser): http://www.mplw.net/demo

From the Japanese Google to the German Yahoo, from the AOL in Spanish to the MSN in Chinese, get users to find your website when searching with YOUR KEYWORDS in their Native language.

Please call me at +1 (202) 250-3645 or email me and let's work on giving your website the true international exposure which it deserves to have with foreign native online users!!

Regards,

Marc Schneider, Ph.D.
[email protected]

Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc.
1250 Connecticut Ave N.W. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20036 USA
TEL: +1 (202) 250-3645 - FAX: 1 (202)-318-2453
http://www.mplw.net
Multilingual Search Engine Promotion Services since 1999.

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jan 2009 Posts: 1440

What the heck.....?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:43 am

'The Hell!? Shocked

Is this guy actually legit? And why is he contacting you with matters that concern Eater? Did this foo' get a PhD just so that he can get obscure sites on foreign search engines? This is just weird. Neutral

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:46 am

Do you happen to have the header? Shocked

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:52 am

I thought this was a joke, but apparently these types of businesses are quite popular.

And, incidentally, 202 is a Washington DC area code.

This is so bizarre. Confused

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:29 am

^^^ but why contact SmokinKrabbs? which account did it arrive in? and of course as 419weasel said ? headers?

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:22 pm

Sign him up on a guestbook and let the lads have at him for a while!

Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:27 pm

A Google search for: Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Washington DC
brought up several posts from irritated writers quoting the same or a similar letter (addressed to their organization),
claiming that this person/organization is sending out spam -- not scam --

For example:
http://www.wellho.net/share/marc_schneider_3.html

Quote:

Another spam sample from Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc

This page is a sample of an unsolicited bulk email, and is reproduced here to help make others aware of their content / existance. If you have received one of these emails yourself, I advise you to read what I have to say here and here before you reply.

In my personal view, there are far better ways to improve your search engine visibility than to use a service such as this one; again, personally, I never use the services of someone who has introduced himself via unsolicited bulk email.

Back to my observations: Sorry, there are hotlinks to the words "here" and "here" in the original, but they didn't come across when I copied/pasted.

< Edited -- because a postscript which I meant to be funny had the potential to be misunderstood. Sorry! >

Not quite a Newb Joined: 31 May 2009 Posts: 76

I'm not sure how I got that in my inbox.. and sorry.. I just did a clean out of my catcher account... so I don't have the header anymore.. but when I checked it.. all I got was that it came from the US.

I think it was pure accidental because I've never posted anything that would link 419 to my catcher.... I just thought it was quite funny and coincidental that i got that loll

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:27 am

Jonas Parker wrote:

Sign him up on a guestbook and let the lads have at him for a while!

Diana Prince wrote:

p.s. Disclaimer: That doesn't mean that I would be opposed to encouraging the lads to "have at him." Cool

Did you two just advocate crippling the communication capabilities of a legitimate business which you don't like?

I seriously hope you were being facetious.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:40 pm

NickTheCop --
You are correct, that I intended my remark to be facetious, but I see from your post that it could be misunderstood. Embarassed

So I've gone back and edited out the postscript.
Thank you for calling it to my attention.

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:47 pm

i receive that e-mail about once a month on a site i moderate and it ends up
in my spam box i just ignore and delete
karen simpathi

Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:17 pm

NickTheCop wrote:

Did you two just advocate crippling the communication capabilities of a legitimate business which you don't like?

I seriously hope you were being facetious.

No, I was advocating a bit of internet "street justice" for a "spammer"... but take it any way you want...