Marketing1.net spam

These spammers sent their sales pitch to a random info@ email address on an unused domain I use. And what are they selling? Email marketing lists.. well, if they used their own mailing list for this then it is obviously crap.

From:     Audrey Martin [info@globalcrm-eu.net]
Reply-To:     info@globalcrm-eu.net
Date:     10 January 2014 07:32
Subject:     Happy New Year! - Followup to our last offer

Dear Madam, Dear Sir

Everyone in our team would like you wish you a happy and successful new year 2014! To help make this year even better for you, we have decided to give 20'000 free business contacts to the first 200 people visiting our website this morning! You don't have to buy anything. You can just visit our website and download the free business contacts!

Over the last year, we have helped hundreds of businesses like yours find new customers and achieve growth by using our highly targeted business database on CD. Our database, available for download from our website, is the only one on the market which includes targeted info on over 5 million Businesses in the UK.

Last December, we decided to take our Business Database CD off the market after a last sale because the cost to update the database regularly had become too high and we want to concentrate on the development of new products.

A lot of businesses since then, requested us to renew our last sale after its discontinuation. Not only have we decided to renew our last offer for a period of 8 hours (until 4PM this afternoon) before finally taking the database off the market, but we have decided to give to the first 200 people visiting our website this morning 20'000 free business contacts.

Here is a quick reminder of what is offered in our Business Database CD:

- 5 million Businesses in the UK selectable by Industry/Location/Company Size/Premises type/Job title
- Over 300,000 Businesses with email addresses
- 4 million named Decision Makers available by job function
- Unlimited export to .CSV or Excel
- Updated in October

We have decided to give you a last opportunity to get your hands on the database, as we are convinced it can dramatically help your business. We are offering to the first 100 customers placing their order today before 4PM, an unrestricted version of the database with unlimited export capabilities (as opposed to the standard version which has a limit of 50'000 exports) - and this, for a substantially reduced price of £199 instead of £498!  This will end at 4PM today, so don't miss it because some your competitors won't!


20'000 Free Business Contacts

We are so confident that the extensive data can help your business that we are giving away a free sample with 20'000 Business contacts to the first 200 people visiting our website this morning. This allows you to evaluate the quality of the data before completing your purchase. Visit our website to download the free sample and jumpstart your business!

To download the free sample, to get more infos or place your order, click here to visit our website

To your success in 2014 and beyond,

Audrey Martin
Marketing Solutions

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The link in the email goes to a domain globalcrm-eu.net on 217.147.82.106 (Iomart, UK) which is also the server sending the spam. The domain is registered with incomplete WHOIS details to mak the sender's identity. From there the victim is sent to m1databases-uk.net on a shared server at 66.96.161.162 (Endurance International Group, US) also with incomplete WHOIS records until they end up on the main site at marketing1.net hosted at 89.187.86.69 (Coreix, UK). The WHOIS details for this last one are inconclusive:

Domain Name: MARKETING1.NET
Registry Domain ID: 91418733_DOMAIN_NET-VRSN
Creation Date: 2002-10-21 18:13:12Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-10-21 18:13:12Z
Registrar: ENOM, INC.
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@enom.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4252744500
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: MARKETING SOLUTIONS
Registrant Organization: -
Registrant Street: 152 CITY ROAD
Registrant City: LONDON
Registrant State/Province: LONDON
Registrant Postal Code: EC1V 2NX
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: +1.20814497
Registrant Phone Ext: 
Registrant Fax: 
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: MAIL@MARKETING1.NET
Registry Admin ID: 
Admin Name: MARKETING SOLUTIONS
Admin Organization: -
Admin Street: 152 CITY ROAD
Admin City: LONDON
Admin State/Province: LONDON
Admin Postal Code: EC1V 2NX
Admin Country: GB
Admin Phone: +1.2081449762
Admin Phone Ext: 
Admin Fax: 
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: MAIL@MARKETING1.NET
Registry Tech ID: 
Tech Name: MARKETING SOLUTIONS
Tech Organization: -
Tech Street: 152 CITY ROAD
Tech City: LONDON
Tech State/Province: LONDON
Tech Postal Code: EC1V 2NX
Tech Country: GB
Tech Phone: +1.2081449762
Tech Phone Ext: 
Tech Fax: 
Tech Fax Ext: 
Tech Email: MAIL@MARKETING1.NET
Name Server: NS10.DNSMADEEASY.COM
Name Server: NS11.DNSMADEEASY.COM
Name Server: NS12.DNSMADEEASY.COM
Name Server: NS13.DNSMADEEASY.COM
DNSSEC: unSigned
Last update of WHOIS database: 2013-10-22 09:22:28Z

This address is an accommodation address that serves hundreds of different companies. I cannot find a trace of a company called Marketing1 or Marketing Solutions registered to this address at Companies House.

The marketing1.net website looks slick enough..

But again it give no real indication as to who owns or runs the company anywhere. The only contact details are as follows:

Marketing1
152 City Road
UK - London EC1V 2NX

Tel: +44 208 144 9762
email: contact@marketing1.net

The 89.187.86.69 server also contains a number of other related domains with fake or incomplete WHOIS details:
m1data-eu.net
m1data-global.net
m1databases-eu.net
m1databases.net
m1de-tracking.net
m1deglobal-tracking.net
m1sitetracking-eur.net
marketing1-app.net
marketing1-eu.net
marketing1-eur.net
marketing1-europe.net
marketing1-group.net
marketing1-soft.net
marketing1.net
marketing1base.net
marketing1data.net
marketing1europe.net
marketing1global.net
marketing1globalsite.net
marketing1group-europe.net
marketing1group.net
marketing1site-eu.net
marketing1soft.net
marketing1solutions.net
top-managers.com

You should never buy anything promoted through spam, and it is especially important not to buy email lists in this way. You (as the sender) will end up with the legal liability for anything that you do, but Marketing1 masks whoever is the true owner.. so good luck with ever finding that out (I suspect they are not based in the UK at all). Avoid.

UPDATE 2014-05-09: these grubby spammers are at it again, using the domain m1-datacrmeu.net to mask their true domain. I took a look at these "20'000" free records, and the ones I checked were laughably out-of-date. No wonder the database is so cheap!

Marketing1.net spammer rides again.. but for how much longer?

Marketing1.net have been one of the more annoying spammers I've seen over the past few years. Their sporadic spam campaign, sent to scraped email addresses has been going on since at least 2014.

This latest spam claims they are going out of business. I can only hope so.

From:    Audrey Martin [info@mapps-uk.net]
Date:    4 March 2016 at 11:06
Subject:    We are giving away all our European business databases before to close down

Hi there,

We are sending you this email because you visited our website in the past. As you may already know, we have developed the largest business databases on CD in Europe. The software provided with the databases allows to run unlimited searches by Industry/Location/Company Size/Premises type or Job title, and to export the search results to Excel. All from your computer.

We are closing down because the cost to update all databases regularly have become too high. We have had fantastic years developing the Marketing1 applications. Thousands of businesses across Europe have used them to create successful marketing campaigns.

Before to close down, we have decided, as ultimate gesture, to give you something unprecedented.

We are giving you all our European databases. That represents an access to millions of companies across Europe. If you want to expand your business now or in the future, you should not miss this offer.

You will get the 7 following applications:

1) Marketing1 UK 2015: 5.8mio UK Businesses. 800'000 records with email. Unlimited export.
2) Top Managers UK 2015: 30,000 Executives from the 5000 largest companies in the UK (incl. email for all records). Excel file with full data, included.

3) Marketing1 France 2015 (application in French): 5mio French Companies. 650'000 records with email. Unlimited export.
4) Top Managers France 2015: 35,000 Executives from the largest companies in France (incl. email for all records). Excel file with full data, included.

5) Marketing1 Germany 2015 (application in German): 5mio German companies. 1.7 mio records with email. Unlimited export.
6) Top Managers Germany 2015: 50,000 Executives from the largest companies in Germany (incl. email for all records). Excel file with full data, included.

7) Marketing1 Belgium 2015 (application in English):  1.8 mio Belgian companies. 500'000 records with email. Unlimited export.

The value for all those databases, is over £5000. We are offering it all to you for a symbolic price: £99. You only have to pay £99 and you get all the applications above. The offer ends today at 5PM. Do not miss it.

You will immediately get access to a download page from which you can download all applications. The download page will stay online for 6 months (so you can download the applications at a later time).

How to place your order. Free samples
Click here to access the offer page. It contains links to all websites. You can also download free samples for all applications from the same page.


The offer ends today at 5PM. Do not miss it.

To your success,

Best Regards,

Audrey Martin
Marketing1 Team


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M1 Solutions. 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX

The link in the spam goes to www.mapps-uk.net (37.220.22.107 - Redstation, UK - fake WHOIS details) and then goes to a landing page at marketing1-euro.net (89.187.85.8 - Pickaweb / Coreix, UK - fake WHOIS details) and then finally to marketing1.net (also 89.187.85.8 with fake WHOIS details). The email also originates from 37.220.22.107.

None of the WHOIS records reflect a real company, and there is scant information about the spammer's real identities.

However, this outfit isn't just a bunch of spammers. They are also liars.

Clicking through the link reveals a landing page which clearly claims that this is the last day of their "Sale".

If you click the first link, rather confusingly it gives a different offer with a date of January 15th 2016, claiming that this is the "Last SALE before product discontinuation".

Except it was also the last chance to buy exactly the same product on July 24th 2015..

..and July 10th..

..and June 19th..

..and June 5th..

Get the picture? The data is ALWAYS on sale. So what is this data? Luckily you can download a sample to see just how good the data is. Here is a tiny sample:

Woolworths ceased trading in 2009. And indeed the sample data is full of companies that haven't existed for years or have just plain out of date and inaccurate details.

In other words, the quality of the data is complete shit. The fact that they have to resort to spam to sell this shit indicates that perhaps they have no actual valid data at all. And the fact that they hide who they really are is just the icing on the cake.

Let's hope that these spammers really are closing down. I somehow doubt that they are telling the truth though. Avoid.

Update 2016-07-15

I hadn't heard anything from these spammers for a while, then this plopped into my mailbox..

From:    Audrey Martin [info@mapps-fr.net] via bnc3.mailjet.com
Date:    15 July 2016 at 12:02
Subject:    We are giving away all our European business databases before to close down
Mailing list:    [info.mapps-fr.net.ztmj-xqo6.mj] Filter messages from this mailing list
Signed by:    bnc3.mailjet.com

Good Morning,

We are sending you this email because you visited our website in the past. As you may already know, we are the developer and publisher of Marketing1, the largest business database on CD in the UK. The database is the only one on the market to contain details not available anywhere else on over 5 million Businesses in the UK including 4,6 million named decision makers available by job function and 800,000 Businesses with email addresses.

We did not only develop the UK database, but several ones across Europe. We are closing down because the cost to update all databases regularly have become too high. We have had fantastic years developing the Marketing1 applications. Thousands of businesses across Europe have used them to generate targeted lists for successful marketing campaigns.

Before to close down, we have decided, as ultimate gesture, to give you all our European databases. That represents an access to millions of companies across Europe. There is no catch.

You will get the 7 following applications:

1) Marketing1 UK 2016: 5.8mio UK Businesses. 800'000 records with email. Unlimited export.
2) Top Managers UK 2015: 30,000 Executives from the 5000 largest companies in the UK (incl. email for all records).

3) Marketing1 France 2015: 5mio French Companies. 650'000 records with email. Unlimited export.
4) Top Managers France 2015: 35,000 Executives from the largest companies in France (incl. email for all records). Excel file with full data, included.

5) Marketing1 Germany 2016: 5mio German companies. 1.7 mio records with email. Unlimited export.
6) Top Managers Germany 2015: 50,000 Executives from the largest companies in Germany (incl. email for all records). Excel file with full data, included.

7) Marketing1 Belgium 2015:  1.8 mio Belgian companies. 500'000 records with email. Unlimited export.


How do those applications work
The databases are delivered in a convenient software format. Search by Industry/Location/Company Size/Premises type or Job title, and export the results into Excel or txt files. With unlimited export. All from your computer.

The value for all those databases, is over £5000. We are offering it all to you for a symbolic price: £49. You only have to pay £49 and you get all the applications above. The offer ends today at 3PM. Do not miss it.

You will get access to a download page from which you can download all applications. The download page will stay online for 6 months (so you can download the applications at a later time).


How to place your order. Free samples
Click here to access the offer page. It contains links to all websites. You can also download free samples for all applications from the same page.


The offer ends today at 3PM. Do not miss it.

To your success,

Best Regards,

Audrey Martin
Marketing1 Team

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M1 Solutions. 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX

Obviously this is pretty much the same closing down sale they had in March. And here's the ever-changing final date again (which was actually last week)

The domain used in the spam email is marketing1-eu.site (66.96.161.163 - Endurance International Group, US) which forwards to marketing1-co.net (89.187.85.8 - Coreix Ltd, UK) and then onto marketing1.net on the same IP.

As previously established, this company always has a closing down sale, and the data they provide is complete crap. Avoid at all costs.

Marketing1.net spam: "Nous vous offrons toutes nos bases de données européennes avant de fermer"

I recently noted that the spammers at Marketing1.net were at it again, but despite assurances from their host Coreix that they had been suspended, they continue to send out spam. This time in French.

From:    Audrey Martin [info@mapps-fr.net] via bnc3.mailjet.com
Date:    22 July 2016 at 09:10
Subject:    Nous vous offrons toutes nos bases de données européennes avant de fermer
Signed by:    bnc3.mailjet.com

Cher Gérant, Chère Gérante,

Nous nous permettons de vous contacter car vous avez visité notre site Internet dans le passé. Comme vous le savez déjà peut-être, nous avons développé les plus grands annuaires d'entreprises sur CD en Europe. Le logiciel fourni avec les annuaires permet aux utilisateurs d'effectuer des recherches illimitées par secteur d'activité, lieu, tranche de revenus ou fonction, et d'exporter les résultats vers Excel.

Au cours de ces dernières années, des milliers d'entreprises à travers l'Europe ont utilisé nos applications pour générer des listes ciblées pour mener des campagnes de prospection à succès. Nous avons décidé de retirer nos produits du marché parce que la mise à jour des données est trop onéreuse.

Avant de fermer, nous avons décidé, comme ultime geste, de vous offrir quelque chose d'inimaginable.

Nous avons décidé de vous donner toutes nos bases de données européennes. Cela représente un accès à des millions d'entreprises à travers l'Europe. Si vous souhaitez développer votre entreprise à l'étranger maintenant ou dans l'avenir, cela est un cadeau exceptionnel.

Nous vous offrons les 7 applications suivantes:

1) Marketing1 France 2016: 5 million d'entreprises françaises. 650'000 entreprises avec email. export illimité.
2) Top Managers France 2015: 35'000 cadres supérieurs auprès des plus grandes entreprises de France. e-mail fourni avec chaque enregistrement. Base de données complète fournie sous format Excel.

3) Marketing1 UK (Royaume-Uni) 2016 (en anglais): 5,8 million d'entreprises britanniques. 800'000 entreprises avec email. export illimité.
4) Top Managers UK (Royaume-Uni) 2015: 30'000 cadres supérieurs auprès des plus grandes entreprises du Royaume-Uni. e-mail fourni avec chaque enregistrement. Base de données complète fournie sous format Excel.

5) Marketing1 Belgique 2015 (en anglais): 1,8 million d'entreprises belges. 500'000 entreprises avec email. export illimité. 

6) Marketing1 Allemagne 2016 (en allemand): 5 million d'entreprises allemandes. 1,7 million d'entreprises avec email. export illimité.
7) Top Managers Allemagne 2015: 50'000 cadres supérieurs auprès des plus grandes entreprises d'Allemagne. e-mail fourni avec chaque enregistrement. Base de données complète fournie sous format Excel.


La valeur pour toutes ces bases de données est d'environ 5000 euros. Nous vous offrons le tout pour un prix symbolique de 49 euros. Vous avez seulement à payer 49 euros et vous obtiendrez toutes les applications ci-dessus. L'offre se termine aujourd'hui à 17 heures.

Vous aurez accès immédiatement à une page de téléchargement depuis laquelle vous pouvez télécharger toutes les applications. La page de téléchargement va rester en ligne pendant six mois (de sorte que vous puissiez les télécharger à une date ultérieure, si vous le souhaitez).


Comment passer commande. échantillons gratuit.
Cliquez ici pour accéder à la page de l'offre. La page contient les liens vers tous les sites. Vous pouvez télécharger des échantillons gratuits pour toutes les applications depuis la même page.


L'offre se termine aujourd'hui à 17 heures. Ne la ratez pas.


J'espère que je ne ai pas pris trop de votre temps précieux, et je vous souhaite plein de succès.

Meilleures salutations,

Audrey Martin
Marketing1 Team


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M1 Solutions. 152 City Road, London EC1V 2NX

The link in the email goes to marketing1.site hosted on 66.96.161.163 (Endurance International Group, US) and then redirects to a landing page at marketing1apps.net on 89.187.85.8 (Coreix, UK) which is just a gateway to marketing1.net on that same IP. The email comes from 87.253.234.168, a Mailjet IP in France.

As I mentioned previously, Marketing1.net are always having a closing down sale (but never close down) and if their sample data is anything to go by, it is complete crap. That's in addition to spamming domain contacts. Avoid.