This morning in my inbox I received this little ditty:
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 09:16 PM
To: [Brian_the_Red @ barndoorfanclub.org]
Subject: barndoorfanclub.org ranked # 14 in Google for extenze ron jeremy
I’m a web master, and I was just searching Google for extenze ron jeremy. I found your domain, barndoorfanclub.org ranked 14, which is pretty cool.
My site is all about Health – Men, too . Maybe we should link up? I wouldn’t be stealing any of your sales, because all I do is write informational articles…not selling anything on my site at all. And most of my visitors write back to say that they love the fact that I only write good, quality info. As a matter of fact, I’ve got a pretty loyal following of people that come back over and over again (they use the site as a reference), so if you link to me, you should get some pretty good traffic from it — which is always nice.
Anyway, let me know if you’d like to swap links. I’ve already linked to you, and will keep it up there for a few days until I hear back. Hope to hear from you soon!
Beth Perry
RAC IM: 1175455.
I actually did rant once about Ron Jeremy and Extenze so it is conceivable that I might show up on Google when searching for that combination of words. There wasn’t any clickable link to Beth’s site, so I typed in www.bethperry.com and got a “Page Cannot Be Displayed” error. Hmmm. Type in the URL in Google and get 3 options, 1) web pages similar to – nothing, 2) web pages linked to – nothing and webpages that contain the term – one hit, a fellow blogger with the same experience, just different search terms.
Curious, I type in extenze ron jeremy in the Google search window and there is my site, not at 14, but on the 3rd page about #27. Because I have been in a playful spam mood this week, I decided to write back to Beth:
To: [beth @ bethperry.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 07:53 AM
Subject: RE: barndoorfanclub.org ranked # 14 in Google for extenze ron jeremy
Dear Beth,
I am afraid I am going to have to ask you to unlink me from your page. I just checked my Google ranking for the search term extenze ron jeremy and I have fallen back from your reported #14 to a disappointing third page listing of #27. I can only assume your recent linking to my site caused this. Having invested an awful lot of time and money to increase my Google ranking I am very upset. If the link to my site is not removed from your site forthwith I will be forced to take legal action.
Sincerely,
Brian the Red
I haven’t gotten the email bounced back by now, so I’m betting that someone or thing got it. After I had a good laugh with my co-workers by reading Beth’s letter and my response, I got to thinking just what might this be about. It isn’t like comment spam where the intent is to spread the google ranking seeds of crabby internet scum sites hither and yon. The only thing I can figure is my little bit of fun played right into her hands. By replying I confirmed that they had a valid email address that they could then resell.
Anybody else heard from Beth Perry lately?
Did a little checking on bethperry.com this afternoon. Here is the WHOIS info I could find:
Me too! Fortunately I googled beth before responding to her, the siren!
From: Beth Perry [mailto:beth@bethperry.com]
Sent: 14 April 2004 23:50
To: j….@…….co.uk
Subject: h……….co.uk ranked # 37 in Google for architectural carving wood
I’m a web master, and I was just searching Google for architectural carving wood. I found your domain, h…….co.uk ranked 37, which is pretty cool.
My site is all about Construction, too . Maybe we should link up? I wouldn’t be stealing any of your sales, because all I do is write informational articles…not selling anything on my site at all. And most of my visitors write back to say that they love the fact that I only write good, quality info. As a matter of fact, I’ve got a pretty loyal following of people that come back over and over again (they use the site as a reference), so if you link to me, you should get some pretty good traffic from it—which is always nice.
Anyway, let me know if you’d like to swap links. I’ve already linked to you, and will keep it up there for a few days until I hear back. Hope to hear from you soon!
Beth Perry
RAC IM: 859062.
Hey, I just got this the other day, it was sent to sale@… cc: csmgr@… and cc: supprt@…
I’m a web master, and I was just searching Google for vpn appliance. I found your domain, pfn.com ranked 39, which is pretty cool.
My site is all about Computers – Security, too . Maybe we should link up? I wouldn’t be stealing any of your sales, because all I do is write informational articles…not selling anything on my site at all. And most of my visitors write back to say that they love the fact that I only write good, quality info. As a matter of fact, I’ve got a pretty loyal following of people that come back over and over again (they use the site as a reference), so if you link to me, you should get some pretty good traffic from it—which is always nice.
Anyway, let me know if you’d like to swap links. I’ve already linked to you, and will keep it up there for a few days until I hear back. Hope to hear from you soon!
Beth Perry
RAC IM: 1109388.
Seems this “Beth Perry” gets around more than a nickle whore. Also, I never came up #23 for CHP Radar. I never responded to the email and started doing research instead. It’s how I found your site so I guess it can’t be all bad right?
I’m a web master, and I was just searching Google for chp radar. I found your domain, kwicherbichens.com ranked 23, which is pretty cool.
My site is all about Business – Industrial, too . Maybe we should link up? I wouldn’t be stealing any of your sales, because all I do is write informational articles…not selling anything on my site at all. And most of my visitors write back to say that they love the fact that I only write good, quality info. As a matter of fact, I’ve got a pretty loyal following of people that come back over and over again (they use the site as a reference), so if you link to me, you should get some pretty good traffic from it—which is always nice.
Anyway, let me know if you’d like to swap links. I’ve already linked to you, and will keep it up there for a few days until I hear back. Hope to hear from you soon!
Beth Perry
RAC IM: 901492.
I just got one of these – quite clever, though the Google-like category (“My site is all about Entertainment – Music, too . “) is a bit of a giveaway. Also, it’s out of context (as my site is nothing to do with music).
Thanks for posting, and for your amusing response. You’ll be pleased to know that your domain, barndoorfanclub.org ranked #1, which is pretty cool. 🙂
http://www.google.com/search?q=bethperry..
i heard from beth perry yesterday. i emailed her back this morning, then decided to search her out on the web and found this discussion of her. after reading on here…i was kicking myself for contacting her back. then i got a reply from her just now. who knows if she’s legit or not, but the site link she gave me isn’t all that impressive. i pasted in our conversations below….bottom one first.
Hey—it’s Beth. Thanks for the reply.
Like I said before, I’m already linked to you. You can link to me here with this code: Dashboard Confessional
I added you into this directory of hand reviewed sites called High Index. I submit things to them as an editor, and got you up as a featured listing in the following category: http://www.highindex.com/Regional/North_..
You can click on that link if you want to check it out.
Thought you might like that. Anyway, I’ll leave you up there for a few days until i hear from you. If i don’t hear back, I will have to take the link down. Thanks again. I look forward to swapping links with you soon!
Beth
I got the same e-mail…only geared for music since I’m in a band…
I’m a web master, and I was just searching Google for confessionaldashboard wallpaper. I found your domain, nadprod.com ranked 16, which is
pretty cool.
My site is all about Entertainment – Music, too . Maybe we should link up? I wouldn’t be stealing any of your sales, because all I do is write informational articles…not selling anything on my site at all. And most of my visitors write back to say that they love the fact that I only write good, quality info. As a matter of fact, I’ve got a pretty loyal following of people that come back over and over again (they use the site as a reference), so if you link to me, you should get some pretty good traffic from it—which is always nice.
Anyway, let me know if you’d like to swap links. I’ve already linked to
you, and will keep it up there for a few days until I hear back. Hope
to hear from you soon!
Beth Perry
RAC IM: 1220633.
scary stuff
Well, I have recieved the same email from a “Beth Perry, as well, same exact wording, checked it out and no site at all. Then I thought I might check her out in WhoIs.com; here are the results in case anyone wants to see;
BETHPERRY.COM
Website Status: Active
Reverse
IP Address: 211.152.14.68 (ARIN & RIPE IP search)
IP Location: China – China Channel Internet Service Inc
Whois History: 10 records stored
Record Type: Domain Name
Monitor: Monitor or Backorder
Wildcard search: ‘bethperry’ or ‘beth perry’ in all domains.
Other TLDs: .com .net .org .info .biz .us
X [5 available domains]
Name Server: NS1.DNSMADEEASY.COM NS4.DNSMADEEASY.COM
ICANN Registrar: AAAQ.COM, INC.
Created: 12-dec-2003
Expires: 12-dec-2004
Status: ACTIVE
I got an email from “Lynna Perry”: slightly different wording, but the same idea.
Hi Brian,
Great post – it has come in handy so many of us who have been spammed by the Perry family recently 🙂
For the record here is my letter (I’ve included part of the email header):
Received: from [211.152.14.68] (helo=scgordonsite.com)
From: Lynna Perry [lynna@lynnaperry.com]
Subject: fafq.org.au ranked # 7 in Google for philippine souvenir
Hi! I was just doing some research online, and came across your site while searching in Google! for philippine souvenir. Your domain, fafq.org.au ranked 7…which got me thinking…
I publish a site about Gifts. We’ve got a very strong following, primarily because we only produce informational content, since you also produce a quality site in this category, I’d like to link to you. I get a pretty good amount of visitors to my property, so if I link up to your site you should benefit from a traffic standpoint.
Please take a look at my site when you get a chance—I think you’ll find it to be knowledgeable and tasteful. If you like what you agree, please link to it—I’ll send you all of my info on your request.
I’ve already linked to you to get the ball rolling. I’ll keep it up a few days until I hear back from you, so please respond at your earliest convenience. Thanks for your time.
Lynna Perry
RAC IM: 1510110.
I did a ‘smart whois’ search at http://www.all-nettools.com for their domain names and go these results:
lynnaperry.com (211.152.14.69)
scgordonsite.com (211.152.14.68)
bethperry.com (211.152.14.68)
IP range: 211.152.14.0 – 211.152.14.255
China channel internet service Inc.
.COM
Shenzhen,China
Yang yingtao
ip@21vianet.com
BOE Science Park,10 Jiuxianqiao Road,Chaoyang District
+86-1084562121
+86-1084564234
Anyhoo, if ya’ll haven’t done it already, I was gonna report these messages to http://www.spamcop.com