jmcgready’s misc universe

You’ve probably seen this arresting title somewhere in your ‘net wanderings

and thought to yourself “alright! it’s about freakin’ time”.

You may even have thought, OK, there has to be a catch…

and there is.

To get the book, you have to give them your email -

which you might think twice about once you know

1. Who these guys are.
2. What they want with your email address.

First - who are these guys?

The company behind all this is Archimedes Lever LLC,

which specializes in

infomercials,

how-to make-money seminars (either real estate or Interweb )

website management,

and permission email marketing (translation: legalized SPAM)

What they want with your email address

is to collect it as an OPT-IN email address,

so they can LEGALLY send you TONS of useless email

when all you really wanted was the ebook.

TheListVirus.com, an affiliated site, had this little tidbit on it:

14 Days

31,500 Opt-Ins

Highest Alexa Rank

During Campaign #424

The Virus Is Spreading!

other salient info:

IP Address:

207.154.60.52 (ListVirus)

207.154.60.53 (thedeathofadsense.com redirects to lifeafteradsense.com)

The server is shown as residing in Cancun, Mexico

IP Whois shows as BostonDataCenters.com

Archimedes Lever LLC’s address:

5015 Addison Circle

Suite 300

Addison, TX 75001

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This entry was posted on Sunday, October 1st, 2006 at 1:56 am
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