Asunto: Virtual Tours - FREE for 30 Days!
Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't even bother posting anything about a piece of spam like this, but the spam author did something to bring himself to my attention:
He requested a "Read Receipt". *rollseyes* Yeah, that's right. A SPAMMER actually flagged the spam that he wanted a confirmation of receipt.
So, unlike MOST spam, which takes one click to get rid of, this one required two: one to DELETE, and one to tell Outlook, NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEND A READ RECEIPT.
But that one extra click gave me reason to look for just a moment at the email, and in so doing, I noticed that there was something even more stupid than asking for a read receipt for a piece of spam...
Notice those "Click HERE" links, part way down the email? Well, in the original email, they were BLUE and they were UNDERLINED, just like a normal link. But...guess what!
They aren't links. They're just blue underlined text that say Click Me.
You is wicked smaht, Bruno! I don't think I'll be doing any virtual tours with you...
He requested a "Read Receipt". *rollseyes* Yeah, that's right. A SPAMMER actually flagged the spam that he wanted a confirmation of receipt.
So, unlike MOST spam, which takes one click to get rid of, this one required two: one to DELETE, and one to tell Outlook, NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEND A READ RECEIPT.
But that one extra click gave me reason to look for just a moment at the email, and in so doing, I noticed that there was something even more stupid than asking for a read receipt for a piece of spam...
Notice those "Click HERE" links, part way down the email? Well, in the original email, they were BLUE and they were UNDERLINED, just like a normal link. But...guess what!
They aren't links. They're just blue underlined text that say Click Me.
You is wicked smaht, Bruno! I don't think I'll be doing any virtual tours with you...
Hello!
My name is Bruno Roldan, owner of Guru Home Visions.
Virtual Tours can be expensive and eat away at your margins.
GuruHomeVisions.com provides you with customizable Virtual Tours for your listings - but without the expensive price tag - Unlimited Virtual Tours for $149.99 ($ Canadian) per year.
And they are easy to make - done in minutes online.
Click HERE to view a sample Virtual Tour
Click HERE to view a sample Brochure
I am offering UNLIMITED Virtual Tours for 30 days - the same as the demo above - to the first 50 agents who reply to this email.
You must reply to this e-mail to get your 30 Day trial account!
or Call us TOLL FREE 1.866.668.5237
No commitment to us - No credit card required
Bruno Roldan
Partner, Guru Home Visions
Toll Free: 1.866.668.5237
Email: bruno@guruhomevisiontour.com
Web: www.guruhomevisiontour.com
To opt-out from our mailing list please state so in an email to bruno@guruhomevisiontour.com Guru Home Visions, 1201-15 Kennedy St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 3X5, Canada
3 Comments:
Doug,
Let me tell you this has been a nightmare for me!!!!!
I have gotten complaint after complaint about this same e-mail!
Our website is guru home visions.com we are not involved in spamming - someone bought the domain guruhomevisiontour.com under my name and has been phishing users accounts!
You can read more about phishing here: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/p/phishing.html
I understand your inconvenience but please try to understand ours as well.
Bruno.R.
Bruno - no need to apologize - I don't post these because they are inconvenient to me, but to help warn people about phishing and pharming scams. One of the things I remind my readers over and over again is that they should do business ONLY with the businesses they find, not the businesses that find them. Because when you do business with someone who sends you a piece of spam like this one, you're running a far greater risk of getting scammed than if you go looking online and do business with the people you find through search engines and directories.
If, for example, Guru Home Visions really is a legitimate business, you'll be able to find them in google when you type something like "virtual tours". And that's why you would consider doing business with them, not because you got a piece of spam.
Hi Doug,
Thats very true, we do not actively promote GuruHomeVisions.com we promote www.gururealestateflyers.com and our blog and website can be found under terms such as free real estate flyer software..
Thanks for understanding.
B. R.
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