Comments on: A disheartening business model taking advantage of the naïve http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/ Advanced Search Engine Marketing Tips to Succeed Online Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MB Web Design http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1584 MB Web Design Thu, 06 Sep 2007 23:39:41 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1584 I got emailed an invoice like this the other day (to a Paypal account associated with a Hotmail address, no less!) and shortly thereafter, emails from my clients started filtering back to me asking why I'd signed them up for such a service without their permission. I got emailed an invoice like this the other day (to a Paypal account associated with a Hotmail address, no less!) and shortly thereafter, emails from my clients started filtering back to me asking why I’d signed them up for such a service without their permission.

]]> By: David Hopkins http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1578 David Hopkins Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:30:20 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1578 Since I am a tight fisted miser who doesn't spend any money I would probably spot this straight away. However as you say, bills like this will get paid. In large companies where bills are handled by accounts departments it is easy to see how something like this could slip through the net. Here in the UK, I have heard of business directories using this scam. Since I am a tight fisted miser who doesn’t spend any money I would probably spot this straight away. However as you say, bills like this will get paid. In large companies where bills are handled by accounts departments it is easy to see how something like this could slip through the net.

Here in the UK, I have heard of business directories using this scam.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1570 Hamlet Batista Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:40:57 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1570 Any type of deception is a numbers game, Jez. There will always be victims. Any type of deception is a numbers game, Jez. There will always be victims.

]]> By: Hamlet Batista http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1569 Hamlet Batista Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:40:06 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1569 I prefer to expose them, so that hard working site owners don't fall for their tricks I prefer to expose them, so that hard working site owners don’t fall for their tricks

]]> By: Jez http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1557 Jez Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:20:01 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1557 I have read that some spam emails make money on conversion rate s as low as one in a million... as you say its a numbers game... I have read that some spam emails make money on conversion rate s as low as one in a million… as you say its a numbers game…

]]> By: Jason http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1543 Jason Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:38:09 +0000 http://hamletbatista.com/2007/09/05/a-disheartening-business-model-taking-advantage-of-the-naive/#comment-1543 Yay, a new scam to pay attention to and ignore. Sometimes I don't know whether to admire people that do this sort of thing knowing the scorn they'll incur, or hate them for wasting paper, ink, water and air. Yay, a new scam to pay attention to and ignore.

Sometimes I don’t know whether to admire people that do this sort of thing knowing the scorn they’ll incur, or hate them for wasting paper, ink, water and air.

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