{"id":192,"date":"2012-10-19T15:16:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T22:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.b2b-bl.com\/?p=192"},"modified":"2012-10-19T15:16:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T22:16:26","slug":"fraud-and-scam-alert-email-lists-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.b2b-bl.com\/?p=192","title":{"rendered":"Fraud and scam alert: email lists for sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scams abound in the email-list sales world, and a good many of them lead back to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spamhaus.org\/rokso\/spammer\/SPM1082\/data-champions-sloan-marketing\">India-based Data Champions \/ Sloan Marketing scam<\/a> and spam group.<\/p>\n<p>Some recent fake company names and addresses we&#8217;ve seen in spam from these scam groups include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>monica.thomas@technology-database.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Monica Thomas, Business Development Manager,&#8221; no address, no telephone number. Spam subject: &#8220;Data Backup Software Users\/Resellers Accounts.&#8221; Spam mailed from their <code>exchange-media.com<\/code> [199.175.55.106] spam server, spam hosting provided by Softlayer, as often seen in the past.<\/li>\n<li><code>postmaster@b2borb2c.com<\/code> \/ <code>alan.greg@banetxmail.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Alan Greg, Market Analyst, no company name, no phone number.&#8221; Spam subject: &#8220;Permission Pass Letter.&#8221; Mailed from their <code>b2borb2c.com<\/code> [109.230.213.106] spam server.<\/li>\n<li><code>ksmith@datafinder.us<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Karen Smith, Lead Consultant, Data-Finder Inc, 1275 S. Main Street, Atlanta, GA 30034, 302-384-9814.&#8221; Address does not exists, and the datafinder.us web site has contact information. Uses their <code>ibamailer.com<\/code> spam site. Spam subject: &#8220;Contact Discovery&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><code>cathy.a@b2bdatas.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Cathy Anderson, Account Manager,&#8221; no company name. Spam subject: &#8220;Key Decision Makers List.&#8221; Mailed from their <code>emaillistsworld.com<\/code> [72.55.131.108] spam server.<\/li>\n<li><code>davis@aadatabizleads.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Davis Mark, Business Development Coordinator, American Accurate Data Inc.&#8221; Fake company, no valid contact info on web site, no phone number. Sent from a google.com mail server.<\/li>\n<li><code>amanda.wallace@greennetworkers.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Amanda Wallace, Marketing Manager, ED Group Inc.&#8221; No phone number or address, no such company. mailed from their <code>xchangehost.biz<\/code> [199.175.48.230] spam server.<\/li>\n<li><code>bs@mxpdtwelve.info<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Bryan Spuler, Omaha, NE 68144,&#8221; no company name, no address. Spam links to their <code>sale-bluebase.com<\/code> spam domain. Sent from their <code>bigoffers2.info<\/code> [74.3.161.115] spam server. Spam subject: &#8220;New B2B Email Prospects.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><code>jane.ferguson@leadtailors.net<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Jane Ferguson, Marketing Executive &#8211; Lead Tailors, Inc., 225, Level -2 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230, United States, 518-621-2695.&#8221; Not a real company, not a valid address. Sent via their <code>ihostmediasrvr.biz \/ edatacluster.com<\/code> [208.115.206.238] spam server. Spam subject: &#8220;Prospects List with Email-id&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><code>lauren.morrison@ubermarketers.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Lauren Morrison, Marketing Executive &#8211; Uber Marketers, 225, Level -2 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230, United States, 518-621-2695.&#8221; Same spam as the one above except they&#8217;ve changed the name of the fake employee and the fake company from <code>leadtailors.net<\/code> to <code>ubermarketers.com<\/code>. Address didn&#8217;t change, however.<\/li>\n<li><code>gerard.butler@unicemail.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Gerard Butler, Business Development, Division Of E-mail &#038; Data Services, UNIC Info, Inc.&#8221; Non-existent company, no phone number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Data Champions and similar groups also use cheap mail and anonymous services such as aol.com and google.com for their spam. Some sample addresses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>brian.becker@aol.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Brian Becker, Online Marketing Specialist, Email Bridge, Inc, 100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701.&#8221; Email Bridge is a fake company and no suite number has been provided for phony address in the Congress Ave office tower. No phone number either. Spam subject: &#8220;Professionals Industry Database.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><code>stacy.nelson.us@gmail.com<\/code>. Stacy Nelson, Online Marketing Manager, Lead Marketers, Inc., #820, 4th Floor Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Phone: 484-221-6289. Company doesn&#8217;t exist, and somehow they forgot to specify which suite number they occupy in that Philadelphia office building. Spam subject: &#8220;Email Appending Solution.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><code>jennifer.mintz@aol.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;Jennifer Mintz, Database Marketing Executive, UberMarketers, North Hero, VT 05474, USA, 888 329 3394 or 60 Cannon Street, London.&#8221; Non-existent company (sometimes seen as ubermarketers.com). Spam subject: &#8220;B2B\/B2C Email List &#038; Appending solution.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><code>james.michae@aol.com<\/code>. Signed &#8220;James Michae, Online Marketing Specialist, Email Bridge, Inc, 100 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 USA.&#8221; That fake Email Bridge company name again. Spam subject: &#8220;Business leads Follow up.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scams abound in the email-list sales world, and a good many of them lead back to the India-based Data Champions \/ Sloan Marketing scam and spam group. 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