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loserGood Afternoon All;

Hmmm what location do I put this nifty email in? Should it be in General News? The Ugly Host Section? “After all it does include a hosting company”, or shall I make a new section about all the “scams” taking place on the internet these days?

Yes yes yes I know… It always seems as if I am putting down all the bad things and am not working on the good things. I will be happy to work on the good hosting however I have not really seen any good hosting things taking place these days. I do have a few that are in the running and I promise I will get them on ASAP. So for now let’s get back to the email I just picked up… I do thank them for sending me the email, as it motivated me to blog today.

This is the email that I just picked up. I am going to mark a few “keywords” in red and will explain in detail what I think, found and a conversation I just had with one of these folks.

 

Date:

Saturday, December 13, 2008 5:52 AM

From:

Net Marketing <all_userslists2@rediffmail.com>

To:

Kim Young (EMAIL REMOVED)

Subject:

Start Own Internet Ad Biz with just a Click of button!

Size:

3 KB

Hello,
You won’t believe this! Would you like to have your
own internet advertising business (like we have) with
just a click of button?
You will have to do nothing! We will design & set up
your professional website, set up your payment page &
everything. You will keep all the money earned from
your site, we want nothing from you!
Start Your Own Internet Advertising Business (this is
not an affiliate program)! We’ll Set Up Everything for
You! You Get all the earned Money Instantly in your account.
We will set you up with your own professional website
with your own domain name and your own payment links.
AND ULTIMATE THING IS – You have to do nothing.
Just introduce your this new advertising website to
your friends, your family-business group, your downline,
your own subscribers list or any other Opt in List! And
that’s it! ANd then count the money.
Having your own Ad Business is not an easy task! You
have the opportunity NOW. 
Find out Details…
http://www.optintracker.com/g/413
 

 

Ok so the above email sounds good right? and please do not forget the words listed in “red”…After all they want nothing from me. However I spent some time clicking around on the link to “learn more” (should be called LERN MORE on how they can steal your money).

This is what I found… I found one of those very long webpage’s, the kind you have to scroll down forever “your first clue that it is a scam”. The page was decorated like my 12 year old nephew designed the site (see for your-self http://www.contactermail.com/ownadbiz.htm). Down on the bottom of the website it clearly says “pay your domain name and website hosting” with a button to PayPal (http://www.paypal.com). But hang on a second…. do you remember those red words listed above? I thought they wanted nothing from me, If you ask me that seems like massive confusion right off the start.

So as they say “what the hay” I will click the PayPal link and just see what “nothing” means to them. This is what I found (I real big LMAO if you will).

“Contacter Mail/HostForWebsite-Domain Name & Hosting Fees     $69.00 USD for each year   $69.00 USD”

As you can clearly see…. the words they use “we want nothing from you” means you have to pay $69.00 per year for your domain name and hosting. However this really does not add up! As they are associated with a hosting company “sister company” called “Host for Website Hosting Company” located at http://www.hostforwebsite.com. When you look at this hosting company they list service starting at $0.75 cents per month right up to $2.25 per month… Even at the high end of $2.25 per month that is $27.00 per year for hosting! and they want $69.00 per year? I really don’t get it… after all they said they want nothing from me.  It looks as if this company “Host for Website Web Hosting Company” was sucked into nothing but a scam… But they are re-sellers so what could one expect. Trust me when I say I will look further into both these folks, as it looks like they both are working hand and hand. All one really has to do is take a look at all the complaints both places have picked up (this can be done by a simple web site index via Google). This hosting company does list a location of 111 N. Orange Avenue Penthouse Suite 2000, Orlando FL, 32801…. Now this is the good part. If you Google that location you will see many places and businesses come up under that address (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=111+N.+Orange+Avenue+Penthouse+Suite+2000&btnG=Search) you will also see a few other hosting companies come up as well as attorneys… The best thing I found was a photo the so called “data center” that is a photo that has been used over and over (it is a classic photo and is NOT this companies servers).

Guess what? I think I just answered my own question from the start of this blog post….what location to put this in? well we are going to place them in the same spot as the rest, and that is The Ugly Host Award.

FYI folks…… This is a complete scam so do not even waste your money. As for the conversation I had with a person that works for “both” of these companies… Well let’s just say I questioned the price and quoted the email of them wanting nothing from me… Jay (as he said his name was) hung up the phone.

Have a great day

 

 
 
 

 

December 13, 2008 - Posted by thegoodhost | The Ugly Host | , , | 7 Comments

7 Comments »

  1. Hi,

    Im glad i seen your site.
    Got cha on the scam.

    But my real question is, what about the email service part of it all?
    Is it worth it to get emails sent out for me by this company?

    Im looking for an email service,and want to do my due dilligence.Thats kinda how I found you.
    Anyways,let me know if its worth it,or if you can validate a good email servive for me.
    Thanks,
    scotty

    Comment by scott | January 14, 2009 | Reply

    • Hello Scotty;
      Glad that you liked the post I made. Personally I would not deal with this company at all. When it comes to “blasting emails” let’s take a quick look at a few things.

      1. Chances are most of the emails (and this goes for any company that likes to blast emails for people) this company is going to send out, is going to be sent right into people’s “spam folders”.
      2. I have no doubt what so ever that this company is going to show emails sent out… However they are going to be emails sent out to false email accounts (I have a program that will make thousands of Gmail, Yahoo, hotmail, etc. accounts in seconds. I am sure they also use a program like this.
      3. If you do not use the correct company… You risk being “black listed” from mail servers. In turn your website host is not going to be very happy about that. Most hosting places do list a “policy” about spamming.

      “if you notice at the bottom of their website… it says they are fully compliant with the CAN-SPAM ACT, if this was true, the logo would be linked”

      Allow me a few days and I will look around for you ;)

      As for right now… Your best bet would be to get people to sign up for your own “mailing list” this way you control the content and when you are putting your mail out. Do you have a website I can take a look at?
      Have a wonderful day.

      Comment by thegoodhost | January 14, 2009 | Reply

  2. Hey,

    Thanks for getting back to me so quickly.
    Yes,my website is here.
    http://scottsberrytree.homestead.com/

    Health related.
    I also take calls for the tea club at home going through vm,,and re reouting calls to my house.
    Working right now as a matter of fact,but calls don’t come in all the time,thank god ;)

    Gives me a break,so im usually on the net all after noon.
    I just joined nhr,and love the product.Epic Ultra,and i am also a founder of the real water club.

    A run off of the tea club by one of the owners.
    ph balanced drops.

    Would really appreciate any help in getting some real hits to my site.
    Tried 10dollar solo ads,,,junk…
    Still getting hits as i can monitor them and what pages they looked at,and for how long,so can tell if they are just hits,or if they spend time on my site.
    And fresh daily prospects is junk too.
    3000 emails a day,and no hits i can see of.

    So let me know when u get a chance ok?
    Thanks again,
    Scotty

    Comment by scott | January 14, 2009 | Reply

    • Hello Scotty;
      I had a chance to check out your website today. You should contact one of the people in the “Good Host Section” tell them I sent you and they will take care of you :) . I feel the affiliate program will really help you out in the form of driving traffic to your website. Furthermore I feel your website will have a quality look and feel rather than a site that hosted for free, people will take it more serious. I also had the chance to “Index” your website via Google, I see that you really need to be further indexed. How much time do you spend marketing your website?

      You should try the following to drive quality traffic to that website:
      - Start A Blog: If you don’t already have one. Blog about the Tea and things. This will really help in getting the “niche” traffic to your website.
      - Get some press releases out. You offer a product that looks as if it will really help people, so what better way to let people know? press it.
      - Visit Forums: Start heading to health forums, make a few postings, place your link in your signature. However do not go wild as forum owners will think you are spamming them
      - Post over at Craig’s List: End all your postings with your full URL
      - Start YouTube: If you have a video cam or web cam, Visit YouTube and start placing a few info videos about the product. Sooner or later you will get a following.

      Those are just a few things you can start with. Still on the hunt for a good email campaign, however it takes time….When I look into things it is safe to say “I really look into it”. I have a small list already, however I want to make contact with them and research them a bit on the web prior to putting it out.

      Comment by thegoodhost | January 15, 2009 | Reply

  3. Hey,
    Thanks for all the info.
    Will have a looksy around a bit.

    Ya,limited budget right now,so just doing things rather cheaply.
    The main site is real nice,so my page is just an update site,and some things I can’t show people in my team.
    Like some updates,exc.

    I do forums,so that helps some too.

    If you do find a good email service,let me know.
    Appreciate all your help.
    scotty

    Comment by scott | January 18, 2009 | Reply

  4. Hello Scotty;
    No problems at all. Still working your list… Have a great day
    ~K

    Comment by thegoodhost | January 19, 2009 | Reply

  5. nice! i’m gonna make my own journal

    Comment by appadagap | May 23, 2009 | Reply


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