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.
Some recent fake company names and addresses we’ve seen in spam from these scam groups include:
monica.thomas@technology-database.com. Signed “Monica Thomas, Business Development Manager,” no address, no telephone number. Spam subject: “Data Backup Software Users/Resellers Accounts.” Spam mailed from theirexchange-media.com[199.175.55.106] spam server, spam hosting provided by Softlayer, as often seen in the past.postmaster@b2borb2c.com/alan.greg@banetxmail.com. Signed “Alan Greg, Market Analyst, no company name, no phone number.” Spam subject: “Permission Pass Letter.” Mailed from theirb2borb2c.com[109.230.213.106] spam server.ksmith@datafinder.us. Signed “Karen Smith, Lead Consultant, Data-Finder Inc, 1275 S. Main Street, Atlanta, GA 30034, 302-384-9814.” Address does not exists, and the datafinder.us web site has contact information. Uses theiribamailer.comspam site. Spam subject: “Contact Discovery”cathy.a@b2bdatas.com. Signed “Cathy Anderson, Account Manager,” no company name. Spam subject: “Key Decision Makers List.” Mailed from theiremaillistsworld.com[72.55.131.108] spam server.davis@aadatabizleads.com. Signed “Davis Mark, Business Development Coordinator, American Accurate Data Inc.” Fake company, no valid contact info on web site, no phone number. Sent from a google.com mail server.amanda.wallace@greennetworkers.com. Signed “Amanda Wallace, Marketing Manager, ED Group Inc.” No phone number or address, no such company. mailed from theirxchangehost.biz[199.175.48.230] spam server.bs@mxpdtwelve.info. Signed “Bryan Spuler, Omaha, NE 68144,” no company name, no address. Spam links to theirsale-bluebase.comspam domain. Sent from theirbigoffers2.info[74.3.161.115] spam server. Spam subject: “New B2B Email Prospects.”jane.ferguson@leadtailors.net. Signed “Jane Ferguson, Marketing Executive – Lead Tailors, Inc., 225, Level -2 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230, United States, 518-621-2695.” Not a real company, not a valid address. Sent via theirihostmediasrvr.biz / edatacluster.com[208.115.206.238] spam server. Spam subject: “Prospects List with Email-id’s.”lauren.morrison@ubermarketers.com. Signed “Lauren Morrison, Marketing Executive – Uber Marketers, 225, Level -2 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12230, United States, 518-621-2695.” Same spam as the one above except they’ve changed the name of the fake employee and the fake company fromleadtailors.nettoubermarketers.com. Address didn’t change, however.gerard.butler@unicemail.com. Signed “Gerard Butler, Business Development, Division Of E-mail & Data Services, UNIC Info, Inc.” Non-existent company, no phone number.
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:
brian.becker@aol.com. Signed “Brian Becker, Online Marketing Specialist, Email Bridge, Inc, 100 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701.” 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: “Professionals Industry Database.”stacy.nelson.us@gmail.com. Stacy Nelson, Online Marketing Manager, Lead Marketers, Inc., #820, 4th Floor Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Phone: 484-221-6289. Company doesn’t exist, and somehow they forgot to specify which suite number they occupy in that Philadelphia office building. Spam subject: “Email Appending Solution.”jennifer.mintz@aol.com. Signed “Jennifer Mintz, Database Marketing Executive, UberMarketers, North Hero, VT 05474, USA, 888 329 3394 or 60 Cannon Street, London.” Non-existent company (sometimes seen as ubermarketers.com). Spam subject: “B2B/B2C Email List & Appending solution.”james.michae@aol.com. Signed “James Michae, Online Marketing Specialist, Email Bridge, Inc, 100 Congress Ave Austin, TX 78701 USA.” That fake Email Bridge company name again. Spam subject: “Business leads Follow up.”