[sf-lug] Potential scam "Cost" of placing article on sf-lug.com?

[aaronco36 at sdf.org]

Re: Potential scam "Cost" of placing article on sf-lug.com?

-------- Forwarded Message from Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at
dslextreme.com> --------
Subject: 	Cost to place an article on sf-lug.com?
Date: 	Mon, 28 Nov 2022 04:08:09 +0000
From: 	Shayne Carey <shayne at audiencr.com>
To: 	Bliss-Sf4ever <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com>, Jim <jim at well.com>
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OTOH -- and despite heatedly adamant denials to the contrary -- some of
you might perhaps be thinking that this offer definitely isn't _at all_
some new type of scam??

In that case, will liberally paraphrase the text of this "generous offer"
as follows....
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The site seems like a great fit for a key client campaign
[vaguely-identified "I'm"] working on, and [our vaguely-identified
entity's] in-house writers can create a high-quality article based on your
audience to make sure it's a great fit for you too!

As [our vaguely-identified entity has] several other top clients looking
to enhance their brand via editorial content in this [scam-targeted]
niche, [our vaguely-identified "we"] can likely bring further
opportunities your way later down the line if you're [gullibly] open to
it.

See here two examples of recent pieces we have done:
<pair of highly-tracked links>

[Vaguely-identified "I"] look forward to receiving your pricing info or
just let [vaguely-unidentified "me"] know if you prefer a quick
[phone-phishing] call.
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A mere handful of other possibly-pertinent webites plus excerpts...

*1. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - CISA's 'Recognizing
and Avoiding Email Scams' PDF
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/sites/default/files/publications/emailscams_0905.pdf

*2. Excerpt from SocialCatfish.com's 'State of Internet Scams 2022 -
Scamfish'
https://socialcatfish.com/scamfish/state-of-internet-scams-2022/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Perform
a reverse search using photos, emails, phone numbers, and addresses to
verify if the person or entity you are speaking to online is who they say
they are.
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*3. Audiencr.com website www.audiencr.com ; listed physical address as of
2020...
5 Stanmore Mews, St John's Wood
London, NW8 2LF, United Kingdom

*4. Excerpt from ScamFoo's 'Is Audiencr.com Scam, Fraudulent or Safe?'
https://www.scamfoo.com/site/audiencr.com/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Allen
Stuart comment
Its a scam site, they are sending out spam emails saying they represent
200,000 blogs but have no social media and the address on their website
does not exist. They are also using the domain openzurich.com
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*5. Excerpt from scam-detector.com's 'audiencr.com Review'
https://www.scam-detector.com/validator/audiencr-com-review/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Is
audiencr.com legit? Nope. It has the lowest trust rating on our chart.
Let's take a look at it and its Organization industry. We put to work 53
powerful factors to expose high-risk activity and see if audiencr.com is a
scam. In this article, we have a review, take a look at alternative
legitimate products/services and show you what you can do if you already
lost your money.

The Scam Detector’s algorithm gives this business the following rank:
0.4/100
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-A