SPAM: "I visited <your URL>, and noticed that you're not listed
on some search engines! I think we can offer you a service which can help
you increase traffic and the number of visitors to your Website."
Come back here for more shrines to Christine as I find them! [one][two][three] U got one? ... Google (s)he say
why not... get hard .. get tough?
I GUESS WHAT YOU HAVE GOT FOR EACH EMAIL ADDRESS SHOWN ON YOUR PAGE LOOKS LIKE THIS... EVERY MONTH I GET 5 to 10 Emails in this format.....
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Hi
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What may interest you is the image in the centre of the email is NOT a live link to my Website IT IS A COPY OF A VIEW OF MY PAGE ... I think you and I may have an issue with an UNAUTHORISED COPYING of our web content FOR (THEIR) COMMERCIAL USE !!!!!!!
My reply to support@trafficmagnet.net went like this.....
NOTE: if any of the images above are bad they have erased the files maybe?
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Thank you for your email
Your email shows an image of one of the
webpages on my server space
 Your search device has also visited
my homesite
and recorded this image
 Screen dumps of these images viewed from
your server content have been archived
The images are reproduced and stored
on your server without my permission,
I will contact my legal representatives over each and every occurrence of this in the future and consider each a unique and unauthorised reproduction of the content of my website and infringement of my copyright for the web content if this issue is not resolved Please reply by return assuring me that
your stored images are deleted and
you agree not to capture any of my web content in future without
permission
The emails in question have been archived
along with a copy of the images your emails link to on your server
when viewed
the local filenames correspond to those on your server directory extensions Should your reply confirm this we can
consider the matter closed, failure to satisfy these requirements
or any subsequent reoccurrence will be
treated as a new infringement of my copyright as held for the URLs
above and
proceedings will be taken.
Best regards
John C Bullas
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I was advised by a friend to make them an offer!
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Dear Ms Hall
UNAUTHORISED STORAGE AND REDIFFISION
OF WEB CONTENT
On further advice, I am contacting
you to negociate terms for you to hold and access graphical copies
of my web content as described above in lieu of their removal
as described below.
Rates for AUTHORISED storage/use of
webcontent of site is 40 UKP per month per page/image:
OPTION ONE ) If rates approximating
to this are acceptable to you please reply within 7 days
confirming where invoices should be sent to for factoring out
to my bank. An agreement thus made would NOT authorise the images
to be used other than in non-commercial activities AND allow your
storage and possession of the images on an "authorised"
basis rather than in breach of copyright as exists at present.
OR
OPTION TWO) Assure me that your stored
images of my webcontent are deleted and
agree not to capture for redistribution any of my web content
in future without express permission from me or my representatives.
NOTE:
Should I NOT receive either confirmation
of your acceptance of this offer along with details for invoicing
OR a resolution of the issues as described below I will begin
preceedings as I feel fit.
Regards
John C Bullas
NOTE: The text below consitutes a revised
version of the facts and offers as observed on January 12 2002,
details relating to archived screen dumps and files remains as
per the original email, you may decide to reply to the first
email in a way as to satisfy the requirements described therein
and should this be to my satisfaction, the matter will
be considered closed without reference to the additional text
above.
RELEVANT FACTS:
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REPLY #1
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REPLY #1 HEADER: From support@trafficmagnet.net Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:50:44 -0800 MESSAGE: From: "Support" <support@trafficmagnet.net> Thank you for your email! We have received your email and will review it as soon as possible. Best regards Please note: REPLY #2 HEADER: From support@trafficmagnet.net Sun, 13 Jan 2002 17:50:44 -0800 MESSAGE: From: "Support" <support@trafficmagnet.net> Thank you for your email! We have received your email and will review it as soon as possible. Best regards Please note: Trying whois -h whois.apnic.net 203.125.189.165% Rights restricted by copyright. See http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
inetnum: 203.125.189.160 - 203.125.189.191 person: M Marlon person: SingNet Hostmaster Trying whois -h whois.apnic.net 211.101.236.180% Rights restricted by copyright. See http://www.apnic.net/db/dbcopyright.html
inetnum: 211.101.236.0 - 211.101.236.255 person: DanDan Zhao WHOIS: smartidea.comRegistrant: Domain Name: SMARTIDEA.COM Administrative Contact: Record last updated on 18-Oct-2001. Domain servers in listed order: NS1.WEBVIS.NET 202.157.163.157 |
I will keep you posted! emailled marlon@smartidea.com TOO!!!
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