Comments on: SEO BLACKMAIL http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33 Just Me. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:19:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: Crystal http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-69 Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:50:16 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-69 I don't blame you Jay. I would do the same if someone scammed me of $1600. Anyone who scams needs to be taught a lesson and to make sure he/she doesn't victimize anyone again. I don’t blame you Jay. I would do the same if someone scammed me of $1600.
Anyone who scams needs to be taught a lesson and to make sure he/she doesn’t victimize anyone again.

]]> by: Jay http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-68 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:05:54 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-68 Paramount Webmasters is a scam company. They called me at home about a year ago and offered to SEO my poker site. I said sure and paid about $1600 in six months. I got nothing. Zero hits. I actually learned a little about SEO myself and then questioned them as to their tactics. "Steve Parsons" the fella who runs this scan, knew nothing about SEO. He tried droping some phrases like "linking and SEO", but he never even had a link page setup on my site after five months of supposdly doing SEO work. They suck! I am going through getting my refund now. Needless to say I was supposed to have it two months ago and they will not return my phone calls. I have complained to every person there I can and I keep getting redirected and then told that they will return my call. I am fed up and putting a package toegther for the New York State Attorney General. By the way, he is not from Nigeria. I did some research and they in the States. I am not going to go into details because I am pursuing legal means. Paramount Webmasters is a scam company. They called me at home about a year ago and offered to SEO my poker site. I said sure and paid about $1600 in six months. I got nothing. Zero hits. I actually learned a little about SEO myself and then questioned them as to their tactics. “Steve Parsons” the fella who runs this scan, knew nothing about SEO. He tried droping some phrases like “linking and SEO”, but he never even had a link page setup on my site after five months of supposdly doing SEO work. They suck! I am going through getting my refund now. Needless to say I was supposed to have it two months ago and they will not return my phone calls. I have complained to every person there I can and I keep getting redirected and then told that they will return my call. I am fed up and putting a package toegther for the New York State Attorney General.
By the way, he is not from Nigeria. I did some research and they in the States. I am not going to go into details because I am pursuing legal means.

]]> by: Steve http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-65 Mon, 10 Apr 2006 21:14:54 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-65 Crystal I am definitely not the same person. First off I am white. Putting ethnicity behind us...I can only tell you that a client of mine was approached by this paramount company. The email I posted is to my client. The other stuff I posted is through very superficial searching on Google using the company name and a few other keywords. It wasn't that hard to find stuff on a company that has of late been attracting a lot of negative press in a community that knows how to hurt them where it counts...search engines. Crystal I am definitely not the same person. First off I am white. Putting ethnicity behind us…I can only tell you that a client of mine was approached by this paramount company. The email I posted is to my client. The other stuff I posted is through very superficial searching on Google using the company name and a few other keywords. It wasn’t that hard to find stuff on a company that has of late been attracting a lot of negative press in a community that knows how to hurt them where it counts…search engines.

]]> by: Crystal http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-61 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:24:47 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-61 STEVE! Come on! How do you know about all these stuff aboout ParamountWebhosting.com, etc?? How do we know that you're not related to denis@paramountwebmasters.com? STEVE! Come on! How do you know about all these stuff aboout ParamountWebhosting.com, etc??

How do we know that you’re not related to denis@paramountwebmasters.com?

]]> by: Crystal http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-60 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:10:38 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-60 The last time I received an email was from a Nigerian person about deposition 5 million dollars from my account, blah blah blah ... you know! one of those spam emails... The last time I received an email was from a Nigerian person about deposition 5 million dollars from my account, blah blah blah … you know! one of those spam emails…

]]> by: Crystal http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-59 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:08:11 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-59 STEVE You seem to know a lot about this company. I heard the owner's name is Steve aswell. And he's from Nigeria. STEVE
You seem to know a lot about this company. I heard the owner’s name is Steve aswell. And he’s from Nigeria.

]]> by: Steve http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-57 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:23:28 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-57 Crystal they do have a webhosting company paramountwebhosting.com Crystal they do have a webhosting company paramountwebhosting.com

]]> by: Steve http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-56 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:19:17 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-56 Here are a list of other blogs talking about this company: http://seo.anthonyparsons.com/forum/thread1550.html http://www.searchrank.com/blog/2006/03/blackmail_and_seo.html http://www.ihelpyou.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21681 http://chipjohns.blogspot.com/2006/03/search-engine-friendly-fraud.html I was also privy to this email from a representative of this same company. Make sure you read the guarantee. Here it is: The first message: Hi Frank, Below is our SEO service information for the Natural placement on all major search engines like, Google, Yahoo, Msn, Altavista, Ask Jeeves, etc. Because of certain circumstances we have created a deal for new clients signing up with us by friday the 14th of April. After the initial consultation fee we are giving a full 4 months off the monthly fees, allowing you savings of 1600$ US. Below is my contact information, list of references, pricing and guarantee. Your SEO campaign would be called the national/international campaign. Thank you for contacting me, David Elder. I will be the representative assignhed to your contract. David Elder 1 866 271 6887, extention 717 Here is the offer for our service. Here at Paramount Webmasters we are SPECIALISTS in placing sites like yours at the very TOP of the major search engines. According to research, more and more potential clients are searching online for goods and services prior to traditional contact like the telephone. You need to be seen for consumers to know about your goods and services. Why else would you invest in a site? Especially since your website is up all year round, 24 hours a day, it is a valuable and often overlooked resource. Did you know that search engines are the # 1 way people find websites online? You need to publicize your web site, as you cannot rely on the millions of Internet Users to simply stumble across your web site. Everyone can't be at the top, so get ahead of your competitors! Click here for more details on the service provided. One Time Consultant Fee : USD$ 1095,- Monthly Fees (starts 30 days after signup) : USD$200,- pr month local campaign (50+ keyword phrases) USD$300,- pr month regional campaign (100+ keyword phrases) USD$400,- pr month national/international campaign (150+ keyword phrases) Service Details: Keyword Review Monthly Site Optimizations Monthly submissions Monthly Reports showing the status of each keyword expressions Traffic Log showing complete traffic breakdown on a daily basis <strong>GUARANTEE: "PWM GUARANTEES as part of its SEO services that 10% to 20% of the keyword phrases (agreed upon by client and PWM) will achieve top positions on at least 5 to 10 of the major search engines (each) within 180 days or all monthly fees will be refunded. Please click here for the list of all the major search engines</strong> Check out our references: CS Industries LLD / Don Snyder / dsnyder@csindustries.com / csindustries.com / 413-284-1190 A White Rolls Royce / Tim Lorenz / silvershadow@bellsouth.net / awhite-rollsroyce.com/ 404-992-4881 Bain Business Sales of Houston / Jim Bain / jimbain@bainbiz.com / bainbiz.com / 713-977-0007 EventGetaways.com / Linda Graham / EventGetAways@aol.com / eventgetaways.com / 919.957.0781 The Concord Group International / Rebecca Thurmond / RMolly757@aol.com / 954 252 9923 Marco A Hickey / Golden Age Cheese / goldenagecheese.com / mhickey32@stny.rr.com Karen M. McClure / Guiding Eyes for the Blind / guidingeyes.org / kmcclure@guidingeyes.org Tim Hines / IPH Hosting / iphhosting.com / 954 785 1199 Michael Raineri / River Journey / riverjourney.com / info@riverjourney.com / 209 847 4671 Richard Van Buren / Wysong Corporation / wysong.net / richv@wysong.net / 989 631 0009 x111 Donald Cramer / Associates Acadamy of Real Estate / garealestatecourses.com / aare770@aol.com / 770 449 4100 Donald Keller / Catalpha Advertising and Design Inc. / catalpha.com / dkeller@catalpha.com / 410 337 0066 Herb French / Village Lumber / villagelumber.com / villagelumberco@aol.com / 508 366 8222 Elena Roud / Prudential Locations LLC / realestate-oahu.com / elean.roud@pruhawaii.com / 808 224 7274 Steve Gray Illustration / Steve Gray / stevegrayillustration.com / stevegray.art@verizon.net / 310 318 3844 Gordon Gattone /tollfreephone.com / gattone@tollfreephone.com / 904 797 4100 ext 400 Alton J Andres/ promarketingsoftware.com / altonj@telus.net / 780 419 6346 Lindy Powers / lindypowers.com / lindy@lindypowers.com / 302 633 2926 Jane Stuckey REMAX / Jane Stuckey / janestuckey@att.net Ambrosia Foods/ Scott Smolar / ambrosia-foods.com / ssmolar@ambrosia-foods.com / 800 631 7070 Nevins Real Estate / Robert Woodard / apartmentsstatecollege.com / mrembw@aol.com / 814 238-3153 Regards, David Elder Toll free: 866-271-6887 ext 717 paramountwebmasters.com dave@paramountwebmasters.com The most efficient way to advertise your website is through search engines. Here is the follow up: The second message: Hi Frank, I made a slight error on the email I sent first. The deadline is for the 7th of April and not the 14th of April Thank you for your understanding. Dave Here are a list of other blogs talking about this company:

http://seo.anthonyparsons.com/forum/thread1550.html
http://www.searchrank.com/blog/2006/03/blackmail_and_seo.html
http://www.ihelpyou.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21681
http://chipjohns.blogspot.com/2006/03/search-engine-friendly-fraud.html

I was also privy to this email from a representative of this same company. Make sure you read the guarantee. Here it is:

The first message:
Hi Frank,

Below is our SEO service information for the Natural placement on all major search engines like, Google, Yahoo, Msn, Altavista, Ask Jeeves, etc. Because of certain circumstances we have created a deal for new clients signing up with us by friday the 14th of April. After the initial consultation fee we are giving a full 4 months off the monthly fees, allowing you savings of 1600$ US. Below is my contact information, list of references, pricing and guarantee. Your SEO campaign would be called the national/international campaign.

Thank you for contacting me, David Elder. I will be the representative assignhed to your contract.

David Elder
1 866 271 6887, extention 717

Here is the offer for our service.

Here at Paramount Webmasters we are SPECIALISTS in placing sites like yours at the very TOP of the major search engines. According to research, more and more potential clients are searching online for goods and services prior to traditional contact like the telephone. You need to be seen for consumers to know about your goods and services.

Why else would you invest in a site? Especially since your website is up all year round, 24 hours a day, it is a valuable and often overlooked resource. Did you know that search engines are the # 1 way people find websites online?
You need to publicize your web site, as you cannot rely on the millions of Internet Users to simply stumble across your web site.

Everyone can’t be at the top, so get ahead of your competitors!

Click here for more details on the service provided.

One Time Consultant Fee :
USD$ 1095,-
Monthly Fees (starts 30 days after signup) :
USD$200,- pr month local campaign (50+ keyword phrases)
USD$300,- pr month regional campaign (100+ keyword phrases)
USD$400,- pr month national/international campaign (150+ keyword phrases)

Service Details:
Keyword Review
Monthly Site Optimizations
Monthly submissions
Monthly Reports showing the status of each keyword expressions
Traffic Log showing complete traffic breakdown on a daily basis

GUARANTEE: “PWM GUARANTEES as part of its SEO services that 10% to 20% of the keyword phrases (agreed upon by client and PWM) will achieve top positions on at least 5 to 10 of the major search engines (each) within 180 days or all monthly fees will be refunded. Please click here for the list of all the major search engines

Check out our references:

CS Industries LLD / Don Snyder / dsnyder@csindustries.com / csindustries.com / 413-284-1190

A White Rolls Royce / Tim Lorenz / silvershadow@bellsouth.net / awhite-rollsroyce.com/ 404-992-4881

Bain Business Sales of Houston / Jim Bain / jimbain@bainbiz.com / bainbiz.com / 713-977-0007

EventGetaways.com / Linda Graham / EventGetAways@aol.com / eventgetaways.com / 919.957.0781

The Concord Group International / Rebecca Thurmond / RMolly757@aol.com / 954 252 9923
Marco A Hickey / Golden Age Cheese / goldenagecheese.com / mhickey32@stny.rr.com

Karen M. McClure / Guiding Eyes for the Blind / guidingeyes.org / kmcclure@guidingeyes.org

Tim Hines / IPH Hosting / iphhosting.com / 954 785 1199

Michael Raineri / River Journey / riverjourney.com / info@riverjourney.com / 209 847 4671

Richard Van Buren / Wysong Corporation / wysong.net / richv@wysong.net / 989 631 0009 x111

Donald Cramer / Associates Acadamy of Real Estate / garealestatecourses.com / aare770@aol.com / 770 449 4100

Donald Keller / Catalpha Advertising and Design Inc. / catalpha.com / dkeller@catalpha.com / 410 337 0066

Herb French / Village Lumber / villagelumber.com / villagelumberco@aol.com / 508 366 8222

Elena Roud / Prudential Locations LLC / realestate-oahu.com / elean.roud@pruhawaii.com / 808 224 7274

Steve Gray Illustration / Steve Gray / stevegrayillustration.com / stevegray.art@verizon.net / 310 318 3844

Gordon Gattone /tollfreephone.com / gattone@tollfreephone.com / 904 797 4100 ext 400

Alton J Andres/ promarketingsoftware.com / altonj@telus.net / 780 419 6346

Lindy Powers / lindypowers.com / lindy@lindypowers.com / 302 633 2926

Jane Stuckey REMAX / Jane Stuckey / janestuckey@att.net

Ambrosia Foods/ Scott Smolar / ambrosia-foods.com / ssmolar@ambrosia-foods.com / 800 631 7070

Nevins Real Estate / Robert Woodard / apartmentsstatecollege.com / mrembw@aol.com / 814 238-3153

Regards,

David Elder
Toll free: 866-271-6887 ext 717
paramountwebmasters.com
dave@paramountwebmasters.com

The most efficient way to advertise your website is through search engines.

Here is the follow up:

The second message:
Hi Frank, I made a slight error on the email I sent first. The deadline is for the 7th of April and not the 14th of April
Thank you for your understanding.
Dave

]]> by: Crystal http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-51 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 01:07:03 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-51 Can you give us the link to other blogs about this company please? I read somewhere that this same company has a webhosting company. Can you give us the link to other blogs about this company please? I read somewhere that this same company has a webhosting company.

]]> by: Steve http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-47 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 03:29:20 +0000 http://www.leannpass.com/archives/33#comment-47 I just read your article and the other articles/blogs about Paramount Webmasters...unbelievable! I did some more researching of my own and I discovered this company at another site paramountweb.net. The only links on the site that work are the ones to their hosting company and paramountwebmasters.com. The site is advertised as "Your Partner in Link Building"...what a joke. I also found them in an outletfurniture site that looked link one giant link farm to me. My only question is why hasn't Google banned them yet. I just read your article and the other articles/blogs about Paramount Webmasters…unbelievable! I did some more researching of my own and I discovered this company at another site paramountweb.net. The only links on the site that work are the ones to their hosting company and paramountwebmasters.com. The site is advertised as “Your Partner in Link Building”…what a joke. I also found them in an outletfurniture site that looked link one giant link farm to me. My only question is why hasn’t Google banned them yet.

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