Unsolicited emails

Just wondering if anyone else has recieved one of the following emails, this is my second one now, approx a month apart from the first one. Iv'e copy and pasted the entire email below.Ref: http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.comA few months ago, I sent an email informing you that after reviewinghttp://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com, our native technicians reported thatyour website could not befound on foreign search engines (they had tested it on Hispanic searchengines, German search engines, Japanese search engines, Chinesesearch engines, etc.). I invite you to visit us online, where we offerto increase your international online visibility in 28 languages(without having to translate your site):http://www.zoptimization.com/index.html.From the Japanese Google to the German Yahoo, get users to find yourwebsite when searching with YOUR KEYWORDS in their Native language!By the way, did you get to watch our online presentation? If not, Istrongly invite you to do so as it explains clearly how to get toprankings on multilingual search engines with only 1 entry page perlanguage: http://www.zoptimization.com/demo.htmlRates vary from $350-$500 per language, depending on the number oflanguages selected. Please click on the following link to access ourcurrent rates & promotions: http://www.zoptimization.com/rates.Just to give you an idea:- 1 language = $500- 3 languages X $500 = $1,500 - $500 special "first-time customer"offer = $1,000- 4 languages X $500 = $2,000 – 5% volume discount = $1,900 - $500special "first-time customer" offer = $1,400- 5 languages X $ 500 = $2,500 – 10% volume discount = $2,250 -$500 special "first-time customer" offer = $1,750...etc.Please call me/email me and let’s increase your internationalonline presence! I can be reached at at 1 (202) 250-3645 between1:00-3:30 pm EST, as I work with technicians the rest of the time. (Iappreciate you watching our online demo prior to calling me).Regards,Marc Schneider, Ph.D.mschneider@zoptimization.com_____________________Multilingual Search Engine Optimization Inc.1250 Connecticut Ave N.W. Suite 200Washington, DC 20036 USATEL: +1 (202) 250-3645 - FAX: 1 (202) 318-4779zoptimization.com:Multilingual Search Engine Promotion Services since 1999

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Jackson's Landscape Design October 15, 2009 at 12:08pm

Is it causing you any problems Anthony?
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Phil Voice October 15, 2009 at 5:06pm

I don't think I need to say too much Anthony :-0))

These companies scan public forums and send out the emails like this - there appears to be an element of research because the domain name (LJN in this case) is included.

Unsolicited spam IMO.
Richard Boyd October 15, 2009 at 5:30pm

All this crap is spam...hell they can't even get your target market right...like you're going to load up the truck and do some landscaping in Germany.!!!

Makes me wonder just how stupid the people that spam are and more so for the people that actually reply, dumb, dumb and dumber - I often wonder if some people can actually feed themsleves unassisted.
Michael Thompson October 15, 2009 at 6:30pm

I haven't had that one but since joining LJN the other day my junk folder has been busier than usual. Perhaps our email addresses are too visable?
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Phil Voice October 15, 2009 at 6:49pm

I get very little spam in my inbox - I let the spam filter do the work.
Shadow Hall October 15, 2009 at 6:58pm

Being part of LJN has so far caused me no spam problems :)
Richard Boyd October 16, 2009 at 6:34am

Stuart Marler said:
I get no spam from LJN

Havent seen the email from MSEO Inc. and if I did I would reply and say thanks but no thanks.. and then spam filter it!

Never reply - you go onto a active list which will steadily spiral...and only one way. You are not being rude by not replying the people (if you can call them that) that spam are scum. Scum, which cost businesses and individuals throughout the world vast sums of money.
Steven Callaghan October 16, 2009 at 8:54am

I have just checked and I have 24 spam emails in that directory (Gmail) over the period 15 September to today, half of which I have ticked as not spam and returned to the inbox.

Because of Phil kindly featuring the show on both LJ and LJN (including hyperlinks), if it were true that there is some sort of way that LJN is exposing us to spam, this, plus my posting and also my show blogs would make me a bigger potential target than most.

Clearly there is no problem related to LJN.

Michael Thompson said:
I haven't had that one but since joining LJN the other day my junk folder has been busier than usual. Perhaps our email addresses are too visable?
Anthony Toop October 16, 2009 at 9:32am

I don't get much in the way of spam but certainly it's a pain in the a**e and the less the better.

I was sure that loads of other people would of received this junk because it specifically mentions LJN and assumed they would of pulled email addresses from most members on here. Maybe i'm just lucky...... not!
Anthony Toop October 16, 2009 at 9:36am

Richard Boyd said:
All this crap is spam...hell they can't even get your target market right...like you're going to load up the truck and do some landscaping in Germany.!!!

LOL, yeah this made me chuckle when i first read it, i want work within a 10 mile radius if poss, preferably not in another county let alone country!!!