Top-sites.us/top--sites.net/com/www--directory.net - please be so kind as to check this scam...

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West Toddlehills Web
Blackhills
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
AB42 0LY
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[f] 01779 473549

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Top-sites.us/top--sites.net/top--sites.com/www--directory.net - could you please be so kind as to check this scam - its good...

We keep receiving spam emails from John Kennedy or PO Box 7334-101591, San Francisco, CA 94120-7334 USA, or others that say:

Could you please be so kind as to check your your-domain.com listing, if you don't mind, at:
http://top--sites.net/update.htm?d=your-domain.com&v=6552&e=i

or: TopSites is the world's biggest directory.

TopSites has more than 12 million listings, in more than 450,000 categories, on more than a million pages.

TopSites has regional editions in more than 230 countries, in more than 70 languages.

or: We can only list you if you click the update button by Wednesday (even if your listing is fine).

Your updated listing will also appear to the left of Yahoo, MSN, Google, Go, AOL, Netscape, Lycos, AltaVista, and Excite searches by AutoSearch users in Internet Explorer's Search window.

Thanks, John Kennedy (or Bob, or others)

P.S. Please also review our translations of your website into seven languages. And don't miss our reports on your website's popularity and your server's uptime.

or: P.S while you are visting TopSites, please don't miss:

* Our translation of your website into seven languages.

* Your website popularity report.

* Your web server uptime graph.

This is a classic directory scam where many people suddenly discover that they have to pay $60 a year (for each category they are listed in). The alarm bells should start ringing when you find you are asked to enter your credit card details on an insecure page. Never do that. The actual email infers you are already listed and that you need to check your listing. We recommend you steer clear. You can find comprehensive details of this operation by clicking here (External link, new window). If you want translations of your web site, use Babelfish from Altavista - and it's free. And if you want a global directory listing, use dmoz.org (also free). Top--sites.net has been taken down but www.top--sites.com has sprung up (proving there are still hosting companies without scruples)...

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Latest variants on this scam (they've changed address again) come with the email message:

Your free listing in the world's biggest directory has expired. Could you please be so kind as to update it by Wednesday, if you don't mind, at:

http://www--directory.net/update.htm?d=domain.net&e=s

You are one of more than 12 million listings, in more than 450,000 categories, on more than a million pages. The directory has regional editions in more than 230 countries, in more than 70 languages. Thanks!

P.S. while updating your listing don't miss:

* Our translation of your website into seven languages.

* Your website popularity report. To unsubscribe: http://www--directory.net/cancel.htm?d=domain.net&e=s

PO Box 7334-101591A, San Francisco, CA 94120-7334 USA

Delete the email and carry on with your life.

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