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DomCollect Resorts To SPAM. Is SEDO SPAM-Friendly?

Another seller of domain names is using spam to find customers. While I hate spam, I really hate domain name spam because it reflects badly on an industry that already has image problems. I don't contact the \/iagra spammers when I get spam from them, I just report them.

But when new domain sales spam arrives I check it out and often contact the sender to let them know a spam report could close their hosting account, suspend their domain, or both. Often I am treated like a crank who has no valid complaint and who talks about concequences that are impossible. Sigh. Big mistake.

I have been getting spammers accounts closed for years, not because I have special tricks, take direct action, or anything else complicated or possibly illegal. I just report them to their service providers that have rules against the sending of unsolicited commercial email or SPAM. All I have to do is see who is responsible for what the spammer is using, and let them know. They may or may not take action, but most do. Those that don't prompt me to start publishing the spam and information about it so that others can see who is playing nice and who is being abusive.

I suggest those that would spam reconsider what they are doing and instead send a single email inviting people to subscribe or opt-in to received their emails. I would not report such emails as long as I only get one in my lifetime.
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-----Original Message-----
From: DomCollect :: Sarah Therré [mailto:sarah.therre@domcollect.com]
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012
To: webmaster
Subject: Auction now running

To whom it may concern,

Just a polite reminder that asbestos-lawyer.net is in auction right now.

To go to the auction click the following link:

sedo.com/search/details.php4?domain=asbestos-lawyer.net

This is a great opportunity to acquire a great domain at a throw-away price. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to send me an email.

Best regards,
Sarah Therré

DomCollect Worldwide Intellectual Property AG
Zeughausgasse 9a :: CH 6300 Zug
tel +41.41.710.93.64 :: fax +41.41.710.93.62

German office
Neusserstr. 93 :: DE 50670 Koeln
tel +49 221.995553.14 :: fax +49 221.995553.10
DomCollect.com <DomCollect.com> :: sarah.therre@domcollect.com <mailto:sarah.therre@domcollect.com>

Click here to unsubscribe <mailto:sarah.therre@domcollect.com?subject=UNSUBSCRIBE> .

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What follows is the report on the second SPAM we received about domains Dom Collect is selling. After talking with Sara on the phone following the first spam, I assumed they would not be spamming anymore and deleted the first spam they sent. I reported this second one below, but then I got a follow-up spam for the first one they sent. They must be using spam-friendly service providers. So now I'm going to post about each one until they stop spamming. And as far as SEDO.com being spam-friendly I don't know the answer to that question, but if you read the spam report below, you may also wonder what their connection is to the spam, aside from the profit they get if the domain should sell via them. Oh yeah, DomConnect does have a German office...
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-----Original Message-----
From: webmaster
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012
To: net-abuse@hosteurope.de
Cc: abuse@internetwire.de; service@internetwire.de; abuse@psi-usa.info; contact@psi-usa.info; abuse@sedo.com
Subject: FW: consultant.info

net-abuse@hosteurope.de: domcollect.com is hosted on your 80.237.133.12.
abuse@internetwire.de; service@internetwire.de: domcollect.com is registered via you and should be suspended for spamming once you complete your investigation. You are notified in case the spammer is providing their own hosting or if a spam-friendly host is being used.

net-abuse@hosteurope.de: consultant.info is hosted on your 83.169.4.144.
abuse@psi-usa.info; contact@psi-usa.info:  is registered via you and should be suspended for spamming once you complete your investigation. You are notified in case the spammer is providing their own hosting or if a spam-friendly host is being used.

abuse@sedo.com: This spam seems to originate from your 85.236.53.142 which is connected with adlinkgroup.net and adlink.net which both forward to your site. I am sure you do not want your systems abused by the sending of spam and will address this issue quickly.
abuse@sedo.com: consultant.info is offered for sale via your site. If your policies do not allow using spam to advertise domains for sale, which reflects badly on your company, the domain should be removed from your site.

[Please Note: We do not unsubscribe from things to which we do not subscribe in the first place. We contacted the sender and requested that the stop spamming people, but they do not feel they are doing anything wrong. Please advise them of your rules and terms of service so they understand the reality. This is the second spam we have received about a domain they are selling. Thank you. ]
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?DomCollect_=3A=3A_Sarah_Therr=E9?=<sarah.therre@domcollect.com>
To: "webmaster" <webmaster>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012
Subject: consultant.info

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Content preview: Good morning, Please excuse the direct approach regarding the domain consultant.info. My name is Sarah and I work for a company based in Germany, my manager has asked me to contact companies who are using the term "Consult" in their own web address or for marketing their business on the internet; I can see that this is certainly the case with your company, consultant.com, and wondered if you might be interested in the domain consultant.info? The term "consultant" has an average of 60500 searches every month in Google and with such a strong keyword and search volume I am confident that this may be of interest to your company. If you would like more details please do get back to me, if you are not the right person to be speaking with I would really appreciate it if you could either let me know with whom that might be or alternatively forward my request to the responsible department, any guidance or assistance would certainly be appreciated, thank you in advance for your time. Please appreciate that I found your details on the internet and will not be pursuing you further on this matter, should this not be of interest please reply with unsubscribe<mailto:sarah.therre@domcollect.com?subject=UNSUBSCRIBE>
(click here) in the subject bar and we will remove you from our mailing list.
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X-Spam-Flag: NO

-----Original Message-----
From: DomCollect :: Sarah Therré [mailto:sarah.therre@domcollect.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012
To: webmaster
Subject: consultant.info

Good morning,

Please excuse the direct approach regarding the domain consultant.info.

My name is Sarah and I work for a company based in Germany, my manager has asked me to contact companies who are using the term “Consult” in their own web address or for marketing their business on the internet; I can see that this is certainly the case with your company, consultant-directory.com, and wondered if you might be interested in the domain consultant.info?  The term “consultant” has an average of 60500 searches every month in Google and with such a strong keyword and search volume I am confident that this may be of interest to your company.

If you would like more details please do get back to me, if you are not the right person to be speaking with I would really appreciate it if you could either let me know with whom that might be or alternatively forward my request to the responsible department, any guidance or assistance would certainly be appreciated, thank you in advance for your time.

Please appreciate that I found your details on the internet and will not be pursuing you further on this matter, should this not be of interest please reply with unsubscribe (click here) in the subject bar and we will remove you from our mailing list.

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to get back to me.

Kind regards
Sarah Therré

DomCollect Worldwide Intellectual Property AG
Zeughausgasse 9a :: CH - 6300 Zug

UK Office 0044 203 3183953

German office
Neusserstr. 93 :: DE - 50670 Koeln
tel +49 221995553.27:: fax +49 22199555310
DomCollect.com :: mailto:sarah.therre@domcollect.com