B2BL: B2B spam

jslaughter@professionalhubs.com

One B2B scam/spam we’ve seen, apparently from one of the many fake company names in the India-based Data Champions group, is signed by a so-called “Joan Slaughter” at jslaughter@professionalhubs.com.

“Joan Slaughter” spam is supposedly a “Business development consultant” at a company called “Professional Hubs” (professionalhubs.com), at least that what the spam is signed. Of course, there’s no phone number or other valid contact information in the spam.

It turns out that there’s no web site at profesionalhubs.com, and the registration for the domain is anonymous and hidden. What’s more, the spam was sent from an anonymous spam server called activeapps.biz [199.175.48.231], which has apparently sent other spam on behalf of this same group of scammers using fake company and person names to try to sell their email lists.

joan.slaughter@superxestar.com

Another one of their phony Joan Slaughter aliases selling email addresses uses a different return address: joan.slaughter@superxestar.com.

The superxestar.com domain has been used to sign a lot of their spam lately, but the fake company name, and the snail-mail address in the signature (often fake) changes frequently.

In this particular batch of Data Champions spam, “Joan Slaughter” is a Business development consultant for “Gaintmail Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!” — a fake company name that is using 2054 Sacramento St San Francisco, CA 94204 as its contact address. Google Maps has difficulty locating this address, perhaps because it doesn’t exist.

Different phony addresses have been used in other superxestar.com and nextestar.com spams before, for example:

Ruthie Hudson
Senior Marketing Manager
Hexcom Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!
1211 Louisiana Street,
Harwick, Pennsylvania,USA 15001

Emma Lawson
Senior Marketing Manager
Hexcom Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!
1211 Louisiana Street,
Harwick, Pennsylvania,USA 15001

Greta Marshall
Senior Marketing Manager
Hexcom Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!
1211 Louisiana Street,
Harwick, Pennsylvania,USA 15001

Jacob Cooper
Senior Marketing Manager
Phone:415 223 5506
Hexcom Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!
2054 sacramento St San francisco,CA 94204

Sandy Cooper
Senior Marketing Manager
Hexcom Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!
105 Pickering Way Suite 1067 Exton PA 19341

Sandy Cooper
Senior Marketing Manager
Dfixmail Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!
1211 Louisiana Street,
Harwick, Pennsylvania,USA 15001

Casandra Mason
Business Coordinator
Hexcom Services Pvt Ltd – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
105 Pickering Way Suite 1067 Exton PA 19341

Casandra Mason
Business Coordinator
Domfixmails Services – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
1213 Theobold Avenue,
Greensburg, Pennsylvania,USA 15002

Sonya Houston
Senior Marketing Manager
105 Pickering Way Suite 1067 Exton PA 19341
Hexcom Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!

Monica Simpson
Senior Marketing Manager
Hexcom Services Pvt Ltd – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
105 Pickering Way Suite 1067 Exton PA 19341

Mariana Watson
Senior Marketing Manager
102 Pickering Way
Suite 1037 Exton PA 19341
Domfixmails Services Pvt Ltd – We Create Opportunities!

Terry Thompson
Business Development Manager
Domfixmails Services – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
1213 Theobold Avenue,
Greensburg, Pennsylvania,USA 15002

Patrica Gardner
Senior Marketing Manager
Domfixmails Services Pvt Ltd – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
1213 Theobold Avenue,
Greensburg, Pennsylvania,USA 15002

Sharita Felix
Senior Marketing Manager
Dfixmails Services – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
1213 Theobold Avenue,
Greensburg, Pennsylvania,USA 15002

Ricky Daniel
Senior Marketing Manager
Domfixmails Services – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
1213 Theobold Avenue,
Greensburg, Pennsylvania,USA 15002

Darlene Watson
Senior Marketing Manager
Domfixmails Services Pvt Ltd – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
1213 Theobold Avenue,
Greensburg, Pennsylvania,USA 15002

Megan Gomez
Senior Marketing Manager
Domfixmails Services Pvt Ltd – Comprehensive Online Solutions!
1213 Theobold Avenue,
Greensburg, Pennsylvania,USA 15002

New domain names, new fake company names and new fake employee names are constantly appearing in new spam selling B2B email-address lists from the India-based Data Champions and similar spam and scam groups.

Here are a few recent identities we’ve been seeing in this kind of spam recently

protargetdata.com
Spam claims to be from “Pro-target Data Inc,” but we found no record of any such company and there is no web site at protargetdata.com, as expected. A so-called Jenessa Mark (jenessa.mark@protargetdata.com) with no contact information except the spam email address claims to be “Business Development Executive.” She most likely does not exist.

Spam mailed from a known anonymous Data Champions spam domain: activeapps.biz [199.175.48.232] (not to be confused with their activeappsrvr.com spam server).

proinfopoint.com
No web site, no company name, no contact info, anonymous domain registration. Spam simply signed “Eric Scott, List expert.” Spam mailed from a Google mail server, so there’s no point reporting it.

American Accurate Data Inc. (aadatabizleads.com / aadatainc.com)
Spam signed Sandra Wilson (LOL). They’ve used that name before in spam signed sandra@flmails.com (“Sandra Wilson, Online marketing manager, Flmails Inc (302) 409-0344”). Interestingly, that phone number has been seen also in spam signed “Kristen Brown (kristen@leadsinfo.us), Online Marketing Manager, Leadsinfo, Inc, (302) 409-0344.” Apparently more non-existent companies.

Other “Wilson” addresses we’ve seen in similar spam are:

• John Wilson (John.Wilson@cert1fy1.com), no company name
• Tom Wilson (Tom.Wilson@dt5ls.com), no company name
• Sophie Wilson (sophie.wilson@nicheitlist.com). mailed from their anonymous eappcluster.com spam server [206.72.199.228]
• Gloria Wilson, Business Development Consultant (gwilson@elitegameserver.com / intelserver.biz)
• Megan Wilson (megan.wilson@apocite.com), Senior Marketing Manager, Cyscoemail Services Pvt Ltd (non-existent company) – We Create Opportunities! 1211 Louisiana Street, Harwick, Pennsylvania, USA 15001 (non-existent address)
• Nelly Wilson (nelly.wilson@mascoemails.com), Senior Marketing Manager, Phone:267-274-2163, Elettermails Services (non-existent company) – We Create Opportunities! 1211 Louisiana Street, Harwick, Pennsylvania, USA 15001 (same non-existent address as above Wilson spam mail)
• Bruce Wilson, Business Development Coordinator, no company name (brucew@pumalists.com)
• Jeanne Wilson, Business Consultant, no company name (jeanne.wilson@globalarrange.com)
• Debbie Wilson, Market Research Consultant, no company name (debbie.wilson@marketplaceassociate.com)
• Kate Wilson (kate.wilson@proemails.biz), Technology Data Specialist, Primary Data Group (non-existent company), 866-978-1013, Church Street 7th Floor, New York 10007
• Randy Wilson (randy.wilson@wearbluebase.com), BlueBase Group / Database Media
• and many more …

Back to “Sandra Wilson.” Spam is signed “Business Development Coordinator” (sandra@aadatabizleads.com) has been sent from a Google mail server. aadatabizleads.com has no web site, but its sister domain, aadatainc.com, does have a web site. Of course it has no contact info. Some of the text on the aadatainc.com web site also appears on the tlclists.com web site (another spammy site selling email addresses).

The tlclists.com web site does boast contact addresses in Los Angeles and Omaha, but if you look them up, you’ll find that they are the locations of mailbox rentals, which is usually the case for these spam-n-scam operations.

qualified-prospects.com
Another apparent non-company with no contact info. Spam signed Lynn Rigaud (lynn.rigaud@qualified-prospects.com)

New domain names (with no web site, usually), forever-changing fake identities and non-existent company names send spam trying to sell you email lists from the India-based “Data Champions / Sloan Marketing group” and others like them.

superxestar.com / nextestar.com / cimebol.com

Superxestar.com is a brand-new throwaway domain, just registered a few days ago, apparently to replace their nextestar.com and cimebol.com throwaway domains.

Non-existent snail-mail addresses are often used in the signature of spam signed superxestar.com / nextestar.com / cimebol.com / elettermails.com / mascoemails.com, fake addresses like: 1213 Theobold Avenue, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA 15002; or 1211 Louisiana Street, Harwick, Pennsylvania, USA 15001.

The company names are fake, and keep they changing too. You might receive spams in this batch from fake companies like: Dfixmails Services; Domfixmails Services Pvt Ltd; Eringson Services Pvt Ltd; Zimico Corporation Pvt Ltd; Zimi Corporation Pvt Ltd.; CimebolMails Services Pvt Ltd; Mailmart Marketing Group; Cyscoemail Services Pvt Ltd.; Zycietech Pvt Ltd.; Zycoetech Services; Eletter Services LLC.

Avienet.com anonymous spam server and other spam signatures, like jetteremail.com

Some superxestar.com spam is being sent from a new spam server of theirs called avienet.com [213.175.200.122]. There’s also a new jetteremail.com doamin, which is a lot like the elettermails.com domain they used a lot for a while (especially when using the fictitious company signature, “Elettermails Services”).

Some other anonymous spam servers in use for this B2B spam, and not listed on any of the black lists, to our knowledge, include: informations7.info [74.3.161.110]; astromae.com [109.230.251.49] / aspoxmail.com / aspsemail.com; edatacluster.com on lstn.net [208.115.206.238]; ibamailer.com / datafinder.us [216.27.7.230]; pearlxpet.com [31.214.169.127].

You might also get spam signed from non-existent people like “Donald Harris | Business Development Coordinator | dh@marketmastermind.info”; “Nuala Merrigan | Data Finder, Inc. | 408-512-1308 | nmerrigan@datafinder.us”; “John Houghton | Marketing Analyst | Tech Users Centre, Inc. | 4561 Sunderland Road | Arlington, VT 05250”; “Willie Peters | willie.peters@jetteremail.com / postmaster@pearlxpet.com”.

We’ve seen the rotation of ever-changing fake identities and non-existent company names and web sites used to sign spam selling email lists from the India-based “Data Champions / Sloan Marketing group” and others like them.

Now, there’s more. Personal profiles for some of these non-existent people, complete with a phony resume, and perhaps a stolen photo (how would we ever know?), are starting to appear on networking web sites. Meanwhile, some company directories are indexing these fake companies and displaying the results on their web sites(!), not realizing that the companies and “employee names” don’t really exist.

Some fraudulent B2B scam and spam signatures from Data Champions and other scammers:

• Global Tech Professionals Inc. ‘Company’ has no phone number, no address. Globaltechprof.com website is empty, registered just this month, registration information hidden from the public. Identity used: Cheryl Cowan, cheryl.cowan@globaltechprof.com, Manager – Business Development. Spam sent using anonymous spam servers named radiantcorr.biz (virtualsrv.com) 184.154.76.208] and eclusterhost.com [63.143.45.100]
• brooke.lee@gbleads.com (no company name, no web site): Brooke lee, Marketing Analyst. Spam sent using anonymous spam server named desiremediasrvr.net (bizappsrvr.com [64.31.9.27])
• Kristen Aurora, kristen_aurora@aol.com, 248-764-5940, Business Prospect Segment, Sales Prospect Generation (no company name). Other AOL and Google spam/scam aliases in use include jennifer.wise@aol.com, brian.becker@aol.com, kusanielsen@gmail.com, margaret.mary.us@gmail.com, lisa.clark.us@aol.com, dianahanz53@gmail.com, jusareed@gmail.com, sarawilliamsmktg@aol.com, sarah.early@aol.com, brian.hersh@aol.com, sonia.martin.us@gmail.com, lucy.webb@aol.com
• Infodmail – Data Division of IDH. No web site, no phone number, company does not exist. Susan Cooper (susan.cooper@infodmail.com), Technology Lists Specialist, Infodmail – Data Division of IDH. Spam sent using anonymous spam server named desiremediasrvr.net (bizhostproc.com [204.93.166.56]). You may find profiles of other non-existent employees for this fake company on professional networking web sites!
• Clone Business Inc. Non-existent company. Jeanne Lawson (jeanne.lawson10@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, 203 649 1018. Scam spams signed ‘Clone Business’ often use as a snail-mail address a rented mail box in Folsom, CA (1024 Iron Point Rd, Folsom, CA 95630)
• Domfixmails Services / Zimi Corporation Pvt Ltd / Zimico Corporation Pvt Ltd / CimebolMails Services Pvt Ltd / leading List Management Company (nextestar.com / pr-emails.com / cimebol.com). Several variations on this one. Non-existent company using non-existent snail-mail addresses like: 1213 Theobold Avenue, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, USA 15002; 1212 Louisiana Street, pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 15205; 1211 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas,USA 77002. Some signatures include darlene.watson@nextestar.com (Darlene Watson, Senior Marketing Manager), sasha.griffin@nextestar.com (Sasha Griffin, Business Coordinator), megan.gomez@nextestar.com (Megan Gomez, Senior Marketing Manager), rachel.parker@nextestar.com (Rachel Parker), ashley.phillips@cimebol.com (Ashley Phillips, Senior Marketing Manager), monica.burton@cimebol.com, mandy.thomas@cimebol.com, etc, etc. Spam sent using anonymous spam servers named basonmail.com [216.144.251.163], grenstat.com [109.230.244.76], pr-estat.com [109.203.120.247], astromae.com [109.230.251.49], posew.com (runners-email.com [109.203.115.130])
• Web-Intellectuals. wiemail.us, wi-data.net, and many more. Chris Marker (chris.marker@wi-data.net), Business Development Executive, 302-353-4434.
• Append Data Solutions. Ian Mendes (ian.mendes@appenddata.com), Online Marketing Executive. Company does not exist and appenddata.com web site is empty. Snail-mail address used in spam does not exist: 199 Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States, (800) 741-9946. Spam sent using anonymous spam server named inforelaymedia.com ([96.31.81.194]).
• Techno Leads Inc. Company does not seem to exist; no web site, just a dummy domain. Lucy Palmer (lucy.palmer@technoleadsinc.com), Marketing Executive, 203 649 1018 (Same phone number as Jeanne Lawson [jeanne.lawson10@gmail.com], Marketing Executive, Clone Business, above). Spam sent using anonymous spam server named esendgrid.com.
• Leadsinfo, Inc. No web site, no address. Kristen Brown (Online Marketing Manager), 302-409-0344. Spam sent using anonymous spam server named kdlists.com [190.120.227.137]
• flora.white@premiumleads.biz: Flora White, Marketing Manager, no company name. Spam sent using anonymous spam server named ibizmedianet.com / expurgates.net [50.97.3.106]
• Sarah Johnson (sarah@leadsgenexperts.com), Business Development Manager for a North American Lead Generation company, no company name. Anonymous web site with no content.
• Olivia Smith (olivia.smith@biz-lead.com), Research Analyst, no company name. Biz-lead.com is anonymous domain with no web site. Spam sent using anonymous spam server named netsolsrvr.biz / colocrossing.com [198.144.176.96]

A few of the anonymous spam servers that are being used to send out this B2B spam:

• eclusterhost.com [63.143.45.100]
• radiantcorr.biz / virtualsrv.com [184.154.76.208]
• desiremediasrvr.net / bizappsrvr.com [64.31.9.27]
• desiremediasrvr.net / bizhostproc.com [204.93.166.56]
• basonmail.com [216.144.251.163]
• grenstat.com [109.230.244.76]
• pr-estat.com [109.203.120.247]
• astromae.com [109.230.251.49]
• posew.com / runners-email.com [109.203.115.130]
• wiemails.us [8.22.200.2]
• inforelaymedia.com [96.31.81.194]
• esendgrid.com [184.82.200.152]
• kdlists.com [190.120.227.137]
• ibizmedianet.com / expurgates.net [50.97.3.106]
• biz-lead.com
• netsolsrvr.biz / colocrossing.com [198.144.176.96]

The spam you may have received, the ones selling B2B email addresses, seem to come from an endless number of fake companies, fake employees and anonymous domain names — but they often all lead back to the India-based “Data Champions / Sloan Marketing group”

Don’t forget that even the mailing addresses in the spam are sometimes fake. Or else the fake company address turns out to be just a rented mailbox, not an office at all!

A few of the fake person and company signatures we’ve noticed lately include:

• Kristen Brown (kristen@leadsinfo.us), Online Marketing Manager, Leadsinfo, Inc, (302) 409-0344
• Same phone number as above: Sonia Hyson (sonia@superiorleads.us), Online Marketing Manager, Superiorleads, Inc., (302) 409-0344
• Margaret Mary (margaret.mary.us@gmail.com), Marketing Manager, Mails2Deals Inc, 1 E 161st St, Bronx, NY, 10451-2100
• Monica Burton (monica.burton@cimebol.com), Senior Marketing Manager, Zimico Corporation Pvt Ltd, Comprehensive Online Solutions, 1221 Taylor Ave, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA 15001 (this, and most other addresses used in “cimebol.com” spams, does not exist)
• Loretta Harris (loretta.harris@cimebol.com), Senior Marketing Manager, Zimi Corporation Pvt Ltd – Comprehensive Online Solutions, 1221 Taylor Ave, Scranton, Pennsylvania,USA 15001 (this, and most other addresses used in “cimebol.com” spams, does not exist)
• Mandy Thomas / Selena Cooper (mandy.thomas@cimebol.com / selena.cooper@cimebol.com), Senior Marketing Manager, 1211 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas, USA 77002, Zimi Corporation Pvt Ltd, Comprehensive Online Solutions!
• Rachel Parker (rachel.parker@nextestar.com), Senior Marketing Manager, 1211 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas, USA 77002, CimebolMails Services Pvt Ltd, We Create Opportunities!
• Jason Howard (jason@m2pemails.com), Lead Generation Team, 302-482-8300
• Amy Larsen (alarsen@obizsoln.com), MARCOM (no phone, sometimes spelled obizsolution.com instead)
• Sandra King (sandra.king@bizonlinepoint.com), Business Consultant, no address, no phone
• Maya Francoise (maya.francoise@giantwebdata.com), Lead Generation Division, PMD – USA
• Karina Nielsen (kusanielsen@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, Business Email Lists Inc, Vermont , United States, 802-490-3458
• Robin David (robin.david@aol.com)
• Shaelyn Cado (shaelyn.cado@aol.com), Marketing Executive, B2BLists-Pulse, Inc, United States, Arizona, 208-295-7263, UK: MWB Cannon Street, 60 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6NP
• Tom Berry (tom.berry@intelletual-infinity.com), Business Development Executive, intellectual-infinity.com and many variations on spelling and misspelling this one. 302-353-4442
• Mark Oram, Marketing Analyst, B2B Lists-Pulse, Inc., 75 Glen Road # 204, Sandy Hook CT 06482, 203-649-1018
• Lisa Torres (ltorres@nationalanalysis.com), Marketing Coordinator, National Analysis, 233 Saint Mary’s Avenue, Holland Patent, NY 13354 (non-existent address), 281-619-7003
• Sophie Wilson (sophie.wilson@nicheitlist.com)
• Michael Rivera (michael@getlists.net), Sales & Lead Generation Team, 302-251-8079
• Scott Ross (scott.ross@globalsenseware.com), Business Development, Global Senseware-Multichannel Solution for your Email Marketing, 302-250-4557
• Violet Morris, Business Development (angela.smith@edatalead.com / violet.morris@zmarketers.com)
• Sabrina Clark (sabrinaclarkus@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, B2BLists-Pulse, Inc, United States, Arizona, 208-295-7263, UK: MWB Cannon Street, 60 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6NP
• Maria Callas (jonesolivia777@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, Clone Business Inc, 203 649 1018
• Kate Price (kate.price@americazmarketing.com), Marketing Associate, Western Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Nicole Quinn, Data Consultant
• Michael Watson (michael.watson@roidatabase.biz), Business Development, 713 481 7746 x 4303
• James Clayton (james@databuy.net) Business Development Executive, List Division, 302-251-8882

Many of the anonymous spam servers used to send out this spam have bland anonymous domain names and are hosted at cheap webhosting companies — and they change IP addresses often, in some cases.

Sample anonymous spam servers:

• rgleadsonline.us (startdedicated.com [50.30.35.32]
• bizappsrvr.com [64.31.9.11]
• magicbox.org.in [64.120.180.190]
• sleeksearch.com (club-acheteurs.com [64.251.21.79]
• edigihost.com ([96.31.81.193]
• activeappsrvr.com ([96.31.81.190])
• kdlists.com [190.120.227.137]
• runners-email.com /aspixmail.com / posew.com [109.203.115.130]
• pr-estat.com / pr-emails.com / aspixmail.com [109.203.120.247]
• aspoxmail.com / astromae.com [109.230.251.49]
• grenstat.com [109.230.244.76]
• datserv.info / getlists.info [184.82.155.178]
• radiantcorr.biz (openvz6.virtualsrv.com [184.154.76.208]
• eappcluster.com [204.93.166.88]

An endless list of anonymous spam servers, fake employee names and non-existent companies with no real-life address are what you’ll find in the spam you receive from the India-based Data Champions and similar spam and scam group selling email addresses.

You’ll want to blacklist these yourself. Well-used blacklists like URIBL rarely list these scam domains. When they do, it’s usually only for a few days, after which time, the scam and spam is deemed OK again for some reason.

For example, if your spam includes an address, it’s usually a rental mailbox somewhere, not an office. Sometimes there are typos in the address.

• 1024 Iron Point Road, Folsom, California 95630, United States, 213-455-2094
• 100 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 USA, 802 490 3458
• MWB Cannon Street, 60 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6NP
• 28 9th Broadway, New York, NY 10003, 800 325 7831

Occasionally, the addresses used are entirely fake. They think nobody will check to see if an address exists, and sometimes they’re right!

• 235 Saint Johns Avenue, Holland Patent, NY 13355
• 1211 Louisiana Street, Harwick, Pennsylvania, USA 15001

A feư fake company names they use:

• E-Market Exper Inc
• Interested Contacts Inc
• Mailmart Marketing Group (We Create Opportunities!)
• Tech Users Centre, Inc.
• ED Group., 678-713-5806
• Business Email Lists Inc, Vermont, United States, 802-490-3458
• Email Bridge.Inc
• Cyscoemail Services Pvt Ltd.
• SixChannels Data
• B2BLists-Pulse, Inc, 203-649-1018
• Multilists Source
• Accurate Prospects

Some fake employee names and email addresses in use buy these scammers in their spam lately include:

• lisa.john@infoamericaz.com (“Lisa John,” Data consultant), christina.sandar@infoamericaz.com (“Christina Sandar,” Business Development Consultant)
• Brian Becker, Marketing Manager (brian.becker@aol.com)
• Diana Hanz, Online Marketing Specialist (dianahanz53@gmail.com)
• Natalie Lewis, Business Coordinator, Prospexin – Lead generation division (natalie.lewis@cimebol.com)
• Dorthy Watson, Business Development Manager (dorthy.watson@cimebol.com)
• Fergal Keniry, Marketing Analyst (fergal.keniry@aol.com)
• Jack Kennard, Business Development Executive (jack.kennard@m2p-emails.com), 302-482-8300
• Sandra Tanner (sandra.tanner@globalemaillist.com)
• Jessie Reed, Marketing Executive (jusareed@gmail.com)
• Sara Williams, Online Marketing Executive (sarawilliamsmktg@aol.com)
• James Clayton, Lead Generation Team (j.c@usdatainfo.com), 302-251-8882: also appears sometimes as james@databuy.net, jamesclayton@dsllc.info, j.c@dsllc.info, james.clayton@dsllc.info, james@datumonline.info, jamesc@datumonline.net and james@datumonline.net
• Brent Stinar, Marketing Analyst (brent.stinar@aol.com)
• Bryan Blair, Greenbase Media Group — you’ll also see Bluebase and Redbase around — (bblair@mxpd14.info)
• Ethel Andrew / Joan Rose / Alice Ross, Data Analyst, (postmaster@bronstat.com / postmaster@b2borb2c.com, ethel.andrew@appst1.com / joan.rose@appst1.com / alice.ross@organicsemail.com)
• Stella James, Senior Marketing Manager (stella.james@cimebol.com)
• Ricky Nixon, Account Manager, (763) 322-2778 (newsletter@e-connect2011.net, ehelp2011@e-help2011.com)
• Kevin Marchant, Online Marketing Specialist (kevinmarchant2@gmail.com)
• Lisa Clark, Online Marketing Specialist (lisa.clark.us@aol.com)
• Sarah Early, Online Marketing Specialist (sarah.early@aol.com)
• Brian Hersh, Online Marketing Specialist (brian.hersh@aol.com)
• marcia.dawson@cimebol.com, wanda.gomes@cimebol.com

A few of their anonymous spam servers in use lately include:

• edeltazone.net [206.72.199.229]
• astroexc.com [174.133.188.77] (on softlayer.com, who appears to have a contract with these spammers)
• m2pdata.us [184.82.172.226]
• exchangemails.net [174.37.165.161]
• allfreedataone.in [50.2.252.36]
• startdedicated.com [50.30.35.17]
• pr-estat.com [109.203.120.247]
• bronstat.com [109.230.251.111]
• b2borb2c.com [109.230.213.106]
• xlappshost.biz [69.175.104.194]
• expectminds.com [64.250.115.149]

B2B spam selling crappy B2B e-mail lists from the India-based Data Champions / Sloan Marketing and similar groups use so many fake company names and sender names for their spam.

A lot of the recent spam in this group is signed by a non-existent company called “Accurate Prospect” or “Accurateprospects Inc,” usually with an address in Folsom, California. But sometimes they call it “Initiate Venture LLC,” “Data Services Inc.,” “Email Bridge Inc.,” or something else.

The address used is really only a rented mailbox, not an office address: 1024 Iron Point Road Folsom, California 95630. The phone number in these spams is commonly 800 305 1062. They also use a mailbox in the UK, which they also try to pass off as an office address: 60 Cannon Street, London EC4N 6NP.

Other possible mailbox addresses and phone numbers used in these spam / scam emails include several in Texas (for example, 9404 Business Drive, Austin, TX 78758, 800 325 7831), a couple in New York City (28 9th Broadway, New York 10003 Ph: 800-325-7831; and 100 Church Street, 7th Floor, New York City, 10007, 800-316-0891), and many more!

There is no real “Accurate Prospects” company or web site, so they use any means possible, and as many identities as possible, to get their spam out there, including AOL and Google. For example, recent “Accurate Prospects” spam that you receive may be signed with one of these fake names (which sometimes contain “.us” in the address”):

• Victoria Carter (victoria.carter.us@aol.com), Business Development, “Marketing List”
• Lucy Webb (lucy.webb@aol.com), List Consultant, “Reach Your Target List And Appending Service 2012”
• Kelly Barner (kelly.barner.us@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, “Target Specific Email Lists”
• Alisha Crain (alisha.crain@aol.com), Business Development, “Marketing List”
• Steve Bob (steve.bobmktg@mail.com), Marketing Executive – List Division, ” IT Top Decision Makers List – 2012″
• Lipsa Jackie (lipsa.jackie@gmail.com), Marketing Executive – List Division, “IT Top Decision Makers List – 2012”
• Mike Balte (mike.balte@gmail.com), Marketing Executive – List Division, “IT & All Industry Marketing Email List 2012”
• Jennifer Wise (jennifer.wise@aol.com), Marketing Manager, “Email Lists – 2012 & Appending Service”
• Margaret Mary (margaret.mary.us@gmail.com), Marketing Manager, “Email Lists – 2012 & Appending Service”
• Gracia Martone (gracia.martone@gmail.com), Business Development, “IT Decision Makers list”
• Sandra Bauman (sandra.bauman@aol.com), Marketing Manager, “Email Lists & Leads 2012”
• Angelica Eva (angelicaeva999@gmail.com), “B2B/B2C List 2012 And Appending Service”
• Evan Parker (evan.parker.us@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, “Target Specific Email Lists”
• Sara Jean (sara.jeanmktg@gmail.com), Marketing Manager, “IBM and Sybase DBMS Software Users List 2012.” Mailed from their emailtransaction.com [67.228.161.51] spam server.
• Jessie Thomas (jessiet@emaildatacorp.com), Marketing Analyst, “IT Decision Makers List.”
• Mathews Duncan (mathews.duncan.us@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, “Target Specific Email Lists.”
• Dimon James (dimon.james4@gmail.com), Business Development, “Email List – 2012 & appending.”
• Jerry Heironimus (jerry.heironimus@gmail.com), Business Development Consultant, “Accurate Contacts Lists – 2012.” Mailed from their ocnkmx.com [174.132.223.202] spam server.
• Garry Taubman (garry.taubman.us@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, “Target Specific Email Lists.”
• Smith Brown (smith.brown.us@gmail.com), Marketing Executive, “Target Specific Email Lists.”
• Rachel Lax (rachel.lax.us@gmail.com), Data Analyst – List Division, ‘E Marketing Lists.” Mailed from their hikebiketexas.com [174.132.220.218] on softlayer.com.
• Rosemary Zeitoun (rosemary.zeitoun@gmail.com), Data Research Specialist, “Email Database-2012.” Mailed from their hikebiketexas.com [174.132.220.212] on softlayer.com.
• and many more

Sometimes they even claim — falsely, no doubt — to be a “DMA Approved Organization!”

Many B2B spams selling email lists, signed by multiple fake identities and company names in use by scam groups such as the India-based Data Champions, are mailed from servers hosted on the softlayer.com network.

The IP addresses of these servers is constantly changing, in the hope that nobody ever notices, and to help keep these servers (and the softlayer.com network) from getting blacklisted.

For example, the Data Champions’ anonymous spam server inforelaymedia.com is hosted on softlayer.com at 174.36.164.137. Perhaps you’ve received spam from that server selling email addresses, signed by one of these bogus identities from non-existent companies [note that entries 2-4 have very similar phone numbers]:

• Rachel Fox (rachel.fox@streamdatabase.com). Signed “Sr. Business Development Executive (no company name), 713-481-7746 x4303
• Tim Russell (tim.russell@Datamanager.us). Signed “Account Manager, 678-713-5813, EDG Inc., 340 S. Cleveland Ave, Bldg 370, Westerville, OH 43081.”
• Sandra Tanner (sandra.tanner@globalemaillist.com). Signed “Sandra Tanner, ED Group. 678-713-5806.” They’ve also sent spam with this signature from their expurgatemail.com [208.77.97.13] spam server
• Fiona Gibson (fionag@verified-contacts.com). Signed “Assistant to Ian Smith, 678-713-5811.”

A number of domains hosted in the 174.132.220.* IP range on softlayer.com / theplanet.com have been Data Champions or similar rotating B2B scam domains recently. For example:

• technoslit.com / 174.132.220.134 (sending spam signed stacy.odell@zycietech.com [Stacy Odell], shirley.kendrick@zycoetech.com [Shirley Kendrick], lois.martin@elettermails.com [Lois Martin],
  grace.white@ziptypoemails.com [Grace White], grace.white@ermarket.com [Grace White], betty.thomas@mascoemails.com [Betty Thomas], joyce.regan@doxemail.com [Joyce Regan], lorraine.greg@pearlslit.com [Lorraine Greg])
• inforelaymedia.com / 174.132.220.189 (sending spam signed snider.hellen@gmail.com [Helen Snidar], Ross.woods.us@gmail.com [Ross Woods])
• itech2b.com / 174.132.220.184 / 174.132.220.192 (sending spam signed diane.hill@organicsemail.com, postmaster@pearlxpet.com, postmaster@itech2b.com )
• edigitalriver.com / 174.132.220.196 (sending spam signed andy.avery@interestedcontacts.com )
• email-runner.com / 174.132.220.210 / 174.132.220.211 (sending spam signed alex.moddox@gmail.com, mercy.jones@organicsemail.com)
• hikebiketexas.com / 174.132.220.212 / 174.132.220.218 (Doesn’t sound like a B2B spam domain, does it? Obviously a recycled domain name… Sending spam signed bill.nelsonq@gmail.com [Bill Nelson], lisathomas87@rocketmail.com [Lisa Thomas], rachel.lax.us@gmail.com [Rachel Lax]), rosemary.zeitoun@gmail.com [Rosemary Zeitoun], robsonwalton.p@gmail.com [Robson Walton .P], amy.altig.us@gmail.com [Amy Altig]
• sohostu.com / 174.132.220.241 (sending spam signed nancy.smith@worldwidemailinfo.com [Nancy Smith], alma.jones@globalarrange.com [Alma Jones], teresaj@globalclients.biz [Teresa])
• mailcontrol4.com / 174.132.223.218 (sending spam signed sandra.king@bizonlinepoint.com [Sandra King], alma.jones@globalarrange.com [Alma Jones], patricia.thomson@infodmail.com [Patricia Thomson], elsie.davis@globalarrange.com [Elsie Davis], nancy.smith@worldwidemailinfo.com [Nancy Smith])
• exchangemails.net / 174.132.223.226 (sending spam signed rachel.smith@p-dmails.com [Rachel Smith])

Of course, you’ll find those same signature addresses above in spams selling email lists sent from their other spam servers too–not just the servers mentioned here.

So, a few more phony identities in use by the Data Champions India-based spam / scam group and similar email list scams… Sometimes these scammers even claim in their spam that they are an “DMA Approved Organization.” However, you won’t find any information on the phony companies or phony employee names used to sign many of these scam emails:

– from their expurgates.net spam server at 50.97.3.93 (hosted at softlayer.com of course!)

• Brad Simpson: brad.simpson@softbizleads.com. Signed “866-978-8389, Softbizleads (no such company).” This phone number has been used in past spam signed with fake identities like terry.frazier@edatabuy.com (“OW Group”), rachel.pereira@acquleads.com (“Strategic Marketing Group”), helen.ryan@globalbizleads.com (“GlobalBizLeads – OW Group”), steven.adlock@clickforlead.com (“Strategic Marketing Group “)
• Ashley Lewis: ashleyl@globalclients.biz (“Business Consultant,” no phone number)
• Sara Jones: sara.jones@infodmail.com (“IT Security Technology Lists Specialist, Info dmail – Data Division,” no phone number)
• Anna Davis: anna.davis@infoamericaz.com (“Online Marketing Consultant,” no phone number)
• Rene Miller: rene.miller@datalistbiz.com (“Technology Database Specialist,” Technology Data Division,” 866-978-8534). Phone number used in other spam from bogus identities like kristin.williams@mailsi.biz, adriana.collins@techinfodata.com, ava.smith@techinfodata.com, rileyp@tech-contacts.com, natalieg@tech-contacts.com)
• Teresa: teresaj@globalclients.biz (“Technology Data consultant “)
• Samantha Taylor: samantha.taylor@edatabuy.com (other fake edatabuy.com addresses in use include ashley.simpson@edatabuy.com, terry.frazier@edatabuy.com). And don’t forget about the similar-sounding databuy.net scam domain! (e.g. james@databuy.net)
• Then there’s the tara.hudson@edatainfo.net identity (“Tara Hudson, Online Marketing Coordinator”)
• and… melinda.williams@cantfinddata.com (“Melinda Williams,” Client Services, Cant Find Data.Inc (non-existent company, of course), 281-619-7003). Also mailed from their blazeconsrvr.com [208.77.102.176] spam server, hosted at rapidvps.com (cheap, spammer-friendly web hosting)

A few of the anonymous spam servers (usually with bland, innocuous-sounding names) sending out these spams with fake signatures include:

• nextns.info
• eclusterbiz.com
• desiremediahost.net
• inforelaymedia.com / inforelaysrvr.biz
• precognified.com
• eappserver.net
• world-river.com
• email-runner.com (or smart-runner.com)
• ecarrierhub.biz

More fake email address and anonymous spam servers selling email lists:

• John Reeves: john@datasgroup.com. Signed “3022518220.” Mailed from their spam server at spammer-friendly bodhost.com (vps27033.bodhost.com ([174.141.224.220]).
• Valeria D’Souza: valeria.dsouza@protargetdata.com. Spam mailed from their eappserver.net [208.77.100.102], also hosted at spammer-friendly rapidvps.com
• Bruce Wilson: brucew@pumalists.com. Signed “Bruce Wilson, Business Development Coordinator.” Spam mailed from google.com [209.85.160.46].
• Samantha Taylor: samantha.taylor@edatabuy.com. Spam mailed from their novamailsys.biz spam server at 208.77.102.214, also hosted at spammer-friendly rapidvps.com
• Heather Bradford: heather.bradford@ameriumdb.com. Signed “Heather Bradford, Marketing Manager, ADB Solution” and mailed from their spam server at mysitehosted.com at 216.67.248.114.
• Trish Samson: tsamson@marketerslogic.com. Signed “Trish Samson, Marketing Consultant, Marketerslogic.” 206-309-9007. This phone number has also been used in spam signed:
  • Karen Brown: (Marketing Consultant, Marketoneresearch, kbrown@marketoneresearch.com / market_source@gmx.com)
  • Emily Walton: (ewalton@saleslineconcept.com, Sales Consultant, Salesline Concept, phony address)
  • jbryant@edataconcept.com, “Prospect business leads,” Signed Jessica Bryant, Lead-Gen Manager, no company name. Mail: Datacenter – 4171 East 16th Street. Des Moines, IA 50321.” This is just an anonymous postal-box service address; they have no real office here.
• Lisa Brown (lisa.brown@emdb.us). Signed “Online Marketing Executive, Optin Prospect, Inc, 302-648-6333 (a phone number used in previous spam with fake senders like cindy.watson@milists.info and nicole.kelly@emdb.us)”
• Emily Watson (emily.watson@emdatabase.info). Almost the same spam as “Lisa Brown,” above; also, we mentioned a different phony Emily Walton signature higher-up on this page.

Multiple names of imaginary companies and people who don’t exist are used in many of these spams selling email addresses: many of which link back to the India-based Data Champions scam group.

Here are some current fake identites in use, several hosted at spammer-friendly theplanet.com, which has long hosted web sites for some of these scam groups (especially in the 174.132.* IP range)

From their mastekserv.com / expurgatemail.com spam server [208.77.97.13]

• Signed alice.cooper@successmails.com: Alice Cooper
• Other fakes addresses signing spam from this server include: sandra.tanner@globalemaillist.com (Sandra Tanner), brenda.rivera@marketplaceassociate.com (Brenda Rivera), victoria.brown@mails4e.com (Victoria Brown), anita.garner@business-mails.info (Anita Garner), dennya@infodemand.biz (Denny Allen), anna.moore@applicationsusers.com (Anna Moore), violet.morris@zmarketers.com (Violet Morris), ashley.simpson@edatabuy.com (Ashley Simpson), garcia.jones@worldwidemailinfo.com (Garcia Jones), audrea.anderson@webleadwinners.com (Audrea Anderson), lauren.james@mailsi.biz (Lauren James), amelia.roberts@mailsi.biz (Amelia Roberts)

From their mailhostbox.com spam server [208.91.199.211]

• Signed jbrunner@obizsolution.com, Jeff Brunner, Sr. Sales Executive

From their intermediahost.biz spam server [208.84.145.200]

• Signed maya.francoise@giantwebdata.com: Maya Francoise, Manager – Business Development

From their itech2b.com spam server [174.132.220.192] hosted at theplanet.com

• “Permission Pass Letter” Signed postmaster@pearlxpet.com / diane.hill@organicsemail.com, Diane Hill, Data Analyst

From their exchangemails.net spam server [174.132.223.226] hosted at theplanet.com

• Signed rachel.smith@p-dmails.com: Rachel Smith, Technology Data Division

From their mailcontrol4.com spam server [174.132.223.218] hosted at theplanet.com

• Signed sandra.king@bizonlinepoint.com: Sandra King

From their b2blistinc.com spam server [184.82.59.6]

• Signed jennifer@b2blistinc.com: Jennifer Collins, B2B/B2C/E-Mail Appending/Data Appending, Email Marketer, 6127, Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, United States 10001 (no such address)

From their web-i.us spam server [182.18.158.194]

• Signed boballen@web-i.us: Bob Allen, Business Coordinator, 302-476-2525

From their mail2info.com spam server [63.143.39.46]

• Signed eric@b2bcrmsales.com (aka mail-leads.com, mail2leads.and, mail2info.com): Eric Anderson, Account Manager, Phone: +1 877-544-1419, B2BSalesGroup, 334 Cornelia Street, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901 United States (a mailbox, not an office address). A message from the B2B List Management-Data Solutions Group.