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Hi guys. I actually have an inbox full of these types of letters. There all scams!!! I made the mistake of buying a software tool that submitted my links and my e-mail address to “free for all” websites. I now get them daily. I can’t remember the name of the software but I will track it down and post it here so no one buys it.
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Old 09-26-2007, 11:44 AM
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well i didn't know what a scam is. Thank to you now i know and can't believe how some people is capable of such a thing.
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Hello everyone

I said I would post the name and the address of the software I bought that now sends me scam e-mails every day. So here it is “blog blaster” is the name of the software “this is not the software I purchased but it came as a bonus with another software I bought off the same person”. The guys name is Sebastian Foss and you need to stay away from him “period”. Beleave me he has a very very good sales page it’s just a shame he use’s it to scam people

Here’s the address

Blog Blaster - Submits your ad to 2 Million Websites * Link disabled to protect THB members


Heres a secret website I use before I buy anything over the net “It's called rip off report.com If your unsure about a product or service check it out here” but guess who’s there


Rip Off Report: Blog Blaster, Sebastian Foss,e-trinity Telemarketing Ltd. ripoff, program does opposite of what they advertise, they advertise a 100% money back guarantee but will not return e-mails requesting a refund, Germany Internet



I encourage you to spread the word about him especially if you don’t want a inbox full of scam letters. I hope I have not broken any rules here buy posting links I just think they will contribute to this forum
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Old 10-04-2007, 01:17 PM
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I have been receiving letters that are a bit differnt. There is a company i do not remeber the name. I just remeber he wanted you to do his banking for because he is in a foreign country and could not do money exchange there. He would let you take your payment off the top and you send him the rest. I cannot beleive they would think someone might do this for them. Whatever. I used this opportunity to reply with my job opportunity and they only emailed a few more times after that i have not heard from them again. Thank goodness. I reccomend using it as a advertising opportunity. Someone has to be answering the emails right?

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Old 10-06-2007, 10:19 AM
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Donica, great one but i suggest not to waste time with them.
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Old 10-06-2007, 05:30 PM
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I watched a special on TV, don't remember 48 hours, 20/20, one of those.

I lady was scammed out of $50,000 here in the US and yes they do get ALOT of people sending in money.

It goes to show how desperate people are to have more money.
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I get about 3-4 of these a day because I use my gmail account so heavily in my marketing. They are most certainly a scam. Its amusing to find them in that account and then go to my personal email and find that I've received the very same email, from the same person on the exact same day at that account too.

They'd have to be a scam OR be able to print off large amounts of money to be sending out so many emails.
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I watched a special on TV, don't remember 48 hours, 20/20, one of those.

I lady was scammed out of $50,000 here in the US and yes they do get ALOT of people sending in money.

It goes to show how desperate people are to have more money.

In advertising and marketing they say that if you see an ad, headline or sales letter being repeated often--it works.

Unfortunately, the same goes for the scams. Untold amounts of people are taken for their hard earned money because of these things. I know of one local guy who got involved with one.

They sent him a check for $10K. I don't remember how his version of the scam worked but when he told his co-workers about it they warned him about what it was. The guy contacted the FBI and let them handle the details.
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Old 10-07-2007, 10:16 AM
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You are exacly right. If you see an ad anywhere, online, tv, rado, etc. and it is being repeated over a eriod of time that is because it is generating sales or making money.

These scams are a numbers game. They send out hundreds of thousands of emails everyday and hope that even the smallest of percentages bite off on it.

With the Nigerian email scams the special I watched showed how they have rooms full of people sitting and sending out these emails everyday. It is run just like a business and they are successful.
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Soory I'm late posting on this but this is truly sad how they scam people. Montel Williams had a show this past summer that had a lady on it who though she was helping someone who needed her help and she would get a percentage in return once the money was converted over to US dollars and out of their country. She put of a total of $50k and never saw a dime of it. Sad thing is she kept sending them money in installments of $10k each time until it totalled $50k, the only reason she stopped is because the last time she talked to them on the phone when they asked her to send more she told them she had sent all she had and wanted to speak to the Bank President, he was out of the country and would call her back upon returning and she never head from them again.

This lady was about 70 years old, well educated us to be a college professor, she did it because she was promised 20% of the total amount they actually got converted to US money which she said would have come to about $500,000 and she wanted to leave that to her son and his two kids.
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