I keep getting spam from this idiot, touting his spam operations targeting insurance agents.
Normally, I just pass on by this kind of spam, delete it and forget about it. But it is the lying about the origination of their spam list that just ticked me off.
![Evil or Very Mad :evil:](./images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
His web site has the following in the Frequently Asked Questions:
Question #2: Is this spam?
Answer: Absolutely NOT. Our list has been carefully compiled from subscribers, partners and joint venture associates. This is the cleanest, most highly targeted list of insurance agents available on the planet. (There may be vendors who claim they have larger lists of insurance agents...but nobody has a list that gets half the response our list will get for you!)
Sorry but this is a big steaming pile of lies. The one I got today was to an alias address which could have ONLY been gathered by a spam bot, scouring web sites for e-mail addresses. I put that address on my site specifically to test an anti-spam script's effectiveness against spam bots. That address was the one left exposed to the spam crawlers.
They act as if their list is so "clean", that it is only opt-in, lies... lies... lies...
They aren't even smart enough to hide their spambot, I have seen it in some traffic logs for some other insurance sites, it is called http://www.insurancecommunicator.com.
The main reason I am typing all this is to warn anyone who may be looking to market to insurance agents: Don't believe what they tell you, they are spammers by every measure of the word. Your message to the target audience will be greeted with disdain as spam, causing ill will from the very prospect base you wish to reach.
Now, hopefully at least, when anybody runs an internet search for this clown and his company, they will get the facts.
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
I mean, would you do business with this man?
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OK, OK, that's not Michael Jans... At least I don't think it is...
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