A magazine in Birmingham phone Genna offering her advertising. Using pressure sales techniques they convinced her to buy advertising space. Part of this was using misleading information – that they distribute in Harrods etc. According to their website they distribute in Asda. She was not happy. They then called again repeatedly. They managed to catch [...]
First Search Consultancy Scam
It appears that a lot of people find my site by searching for First Search Consultancy Scam. This is possibly related to a couple of previous posts I wrote – almost 650 at the last count. More than likely though it is related to the large number of people who claim to be dissatisfied with [...]
Genna was called yesterday by yet another dodgy SEO company. They called from 0161 9058460 which from an advert appears to be a company called Rank Right. They claimed that they were from Google and could get her site to the first page of Google for £99 per month. Having dealt with this sort of [...]
Due to a combination of factors regarding scammy scummy business practices I remembered about this incident. A few weeks ago I get a knock at the door and it is someone from an energy company touting for business by trying to convince us to switch suppliers. I forget the exact figures but he asked me [...]
Genna got another call from a web design company today. This time they are claiming that that a government scheme is there to help companies with websites. For £149 per year she can have a site with a shop. A quick scan of their site shows that that package is £199 per year. The £149 [...]
I am used to seeing all the scam letters Genna gets from SEO companies guaranteeing first place on Google etc. Lately she has been getting pestered by phone calls. Today she had one from Google. Or at least a company impersonating Google. The company was First Search Consulting (). A bunch of snake-oil selling cowboys. [...]
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