Scam Spams

Scam Spams was Originally Posted on February 6, 2012 by lavarock

Monitoring many email accoints, I often see scams and spam before others do. Since I manage websites and shopping carts for neighbors, I have perhaps 20 email accounts I look at. Oftentimes I see the same or similar emails in multiple boxes. It tells you just how much spam is out there.

Today I see emails from TRADEKEY.COM who may or may not be a real company. Here is their data:

Your business details have been added on TradeKey.com by your business friend from USA. He would like you to join TradeKey.com and explore:

– 6 million importers and exporters
– Global buying and selling opportunity
– Ways to promote your business locally and internationally
– Free counsultancy for your business expansion

In the emails I received, generic emails had “USA” as my location and others had “HI” for Hawaii.

A quick look at a whois shows this company is hosted by GoDaddy, which does not equate with quality in my eyes.

Since some of the email addresses did not have businesses associated with them, it is obvious the emails are a scam and spam.

So I look up their domain name and find a scam alert. It reads:

Hi, Be very aware trading on Tradekey.com. I have done two deals on that site and both turned out to be scams.

Now one scam on a website does not a scam make. However, since the company involved spammed millions of email accounts overnight, does this sound like a company you want to do business with? Other reports are that someone joined, created a profile but did not post it, then got a phone call that two companies already wanted to do business with the guy. HUH? Also many reports of people being ripped off and little to no help from the website owners.

They may be a valid company, but my quich google was not encouraging.

When you see emails like this, be very careful. I NEVER click on any links, rather I hover and see what the address is. I look at email headers and go searches about companies. Certainly when the emails has generic info I am automatically in scam/spam mode. “A friend of yours…”, “Sir, Your account” (with no name or account number) and certainly any attachment should be suspect.

You already knew this, right?