Messing With Spammers
I was sitting here on IM bothering no one when I see “sanjeev0907@gmail.com wishes to chat with you” I accept it because why not?
3:27 PM sanjeev0907: Hi
me: hi
sanjeev0907: How are you doing
me: fine…
sanjeev0907: Well my naame is sanjeev
3:28 PM An SEO expert
me: oh great.
I thought this was someone I know
3:30 PM what company are you with?
sanjeev0907: I can increase traffic and ranking on search engines
Clearpath
Clearpath Technology
me: and how much does this stuff cost?
sanjeev0907: It depends on website
3:31 PM we have different packages
USD250 30 keywords
me: for you to come up with a list of useless words?
sanjeev0907: Not useless
Keywords do miracle
3:32 PM me: then how far up can you get my site?
sanjeev0907: it makes your website to reach to 100s
First page on all search engines
Google Yahoo MSN
with best traffic
3:33 PM me: well first off, I know how to do that my self. second, there is no way to guarentee such a thing. third off, you have not done much research, because I have the first result in google for my most important terms already.
sanjeev0907: all right
3:34 PM i know you must have the keywords on first page
Can you please tell me once more your web site name
me: hah. great marketing!
please remove me from your list. SEO is junk, and I can do it myself. This is an unsolicited commercial message, and is thus considered spam and is illegal per the Can Spam Act. I will be reporting your gmail account, and will be spreading the word on how your company uses these tactics.
3:35 PM This conversation has been recorded, and will be posted all over the web to make a fool of your company.
sanjeev0907: Well i have not tried to make fool of you niether i want to sale any thing you show interest
3:36 PM once haad replied to my executive that is why iadded you today
me: nope. some form of spam.
sanjeev0907: otherwise i can understand how intelligent you are
No!1
No spam
I am a real person you can call me
3:37 PM My name is sanjeev sharma
919911576171
me: Can I have your company information to verify if it exists?
sanjeev0907: yes
but please first i would lik to see your website
me: Thank you. I will be reporting them to the BBB. I will now block you.
Thanks for providing entertainment Sanjeev! Little does he know I already have the first result in google for my name, and that he spilled to me the list of emails for all his contacts!