Hello chaps. I don't have my finger on the pulse of web scams as much as I used to, so wanted to run this past you. My mum received the email below from a company called Linkstar, who want to buy text advertisement space on her website. Is this legit, or is it some kind of scam that I can't figure out? I've heard the phrase 'linkbacking' - is that what it is?
From: Armando Eliot [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: 24 March 2010 04:30
To: F***** [____@_______.co.uk]
Subject: Advertising on _______.co.uk
Hi F*****,
I work for Linkstar, a leading broker of online advertising, dealing with thousands of independent webmasters like yourself, worldwide.
I've had a look at your site and think ________.co.uk would be a good match for our client, whose target demographic is similar to your own. We're working on their behalf to acquire advertising from sites such as yours.
We would be interested in purchasing advertising in the form of a text-based advert on your site. We pay you a fixed annual fee for our advertisements. Once the ad has been placed, we make payments via by PayPal or Moneybookers.
If you are interested, please get back to me with your rates etc. I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Armando Eliot