Rollo
Dormant account
- Joined
- Aug 16, 2006
- Location
- Tropic of Cancer
Hello all,
I'm the ower of another webportal... Link Removed ( Old/Invalid) . It's far from being complete so no need to visit it now. A side project at best.
Anyway, I've been a member of various affiliate programs since 2004 and I beleive that two programs, Casino Partners and Brightshare (or some evil employee of the same) have sold, given, passed, loaned, confered, or leaked my email to spammers. I was wondering if anyone else, player or affilate, has had a similar experience.
I'm not taking about bonus offers and such mind you, I mean SPAM... penis enlargers, Viagra, et al. numbering in the 1000s.
Why do I think this? Three reasons...
1) I signed up using very distinctive email... i.e. brightshare@bocguide.com. Spammers tend to use random things like info@yourdomain.com, accounting@yourdomain.com, webmaster@yourdomain.com etc... when they know a domain is active. Not brightshare@yourdomain.com.
2) I beleive the domain was active well before I signed up to Brightsahre, but only started receiving spam afterwards (the dates are a bit fuzzy but it seems right afterward).
3) I've used similar emails at numerous other affilaite programs and have received no such spam from them.
Same goes for Casino Partners.
I brought it to their attention and I got the following responses:
From Adi Elliott at Casino Partners...
"I assure you we have not sold anyone's email address to spammers, as we treat
all emails as confidential (after all, our client list and their contact info
is a closely guarded secrets). We also have problems with spammers, but I'm
not sure how that particular email address found its way to you."
From Lloyd Apter at Brightshare...
"Many people know brightshare and could do this. There is no connection to us, sorry..."
Before I go postal on them, I'd like to know your thoughts, questions, comments...
You're the jury. That is the evidence. What is your verdict? Guilty or Not Guilty?
Screen shots of the offending spam available upon request.
Much obliged!
Rollo
I'm the ower of another webportal... Link Removed ( Old/Invalid) . It's far from being complete so no need to visit it now. A side project at best.
Anyway, I've been a member of various affiliate programs since 2004 and I beleive that two programs, Casino Partners and Brightshare (or some evil employee of the same) have sold, given, passed, loaned, confered, or leaked my email to spammers. I was wondering if anyone else, player or affilate, has had a similar experience.
I'm not taking about bonus offers and such mind you, I mean SPAM... penis enlargers, Viagra, et al. numbering in the 1000s.
Why do I think this? Three reasons...
1) I signed up using very distinctive email... i.e. brightshare@bocguide.com. Spammers tend to use random things like info@yourdomain.com, accounting@yourdomain.com, webmaster@yourdomain.com etc... when they know a domain is active. Not brightshare@yourdomain.com.
2) I beleive the domain was active well before I signed up to Brightsahre, but only started receiving spam afterwards (the dates are a bit fuzzy but it seems right afterward).
3) I've used similar emails at numerous other affilaite programs and have received no such spam from them.
Same goes for Casino Partners.
I brought it to their attention and I got the following responses:
From Adi Elliott at Casino Partners...
"I assure you we have not sold anyone's email address to spammers, as we treat
all emails as confidential (after all, our client list and their contact info
is a closely guarded secrets). We also have problems with spammers, but I'm
not sure how that particular email address found its way to you."
From Lloyd Apter at Brightshare...
"Many people know brightshare and could do this. There is no connection to us, sorry..."
Before I go postal on them, I'd like to know your thoughts, questions, comments...
You're the jury. That is the evidence. What is your verdict? Guilty or Not Guilty?
Screen shots of the offending spam available upon request.
Much obliged!
Rollo