prospectlist.com / prospectlist.co.uk spam

Never buy email marketing services from spammers.. unless you want your website suspended and reputation trashed. Here's a grubby little spammer using the domains prospectlist.co.uk and prospectlist.com to drive traffic to their grubby little business.

From:     Prospectlist prospectlist@cardwellmarketing.ctml2.com
Reply-To:     sarah.brazier@cardwellmarketing.co.uk
Date:     20 March 2014 10:00
Subject:     Here's the Deal!
Signed by:     ctml2.com

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With a database of over 2.6 million UK businesses, along with senior decision maker contacts, telephone numbers and emails, we can offer a comprehensive database on many business sectors. Our file is fully compliant to DMA guidelines, is tele-researched, has an update cycle of just 12 months and is ready for you to access TODAY!

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2.6 million trading UK businesses                      Senior decision makers

Fully compliant with MPS/TPS/CTPS                 900k emails

12 months update cycle on 98% of our file       2.1 million contacts

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ProspectList claim to be compliant with DMA guidelines, but I certainly never opted-in to this crap. However the DMA is a prime example of why self-regulation fails.. it is run by the direct marketers themselves and in my opinion their regulations don't go far enough to protect people from this sort of unsolicited bulk email.

I've never heard of ProspectList or the Cardwell Group, and they would probably argue that everything they are doing is legal and above board yadayada. I certainly won't be sending any business their way though.

The domain in use for the spam is email.prospectlist.co.uk which forwards to prospectlist.com.
Let's have a look at the WHOIS details to see who exactly is responsible for this domain:

Registrant Name: Ian Merriman
Registrant Organization: Cardwell Intelligence Limited
Registrant Street: Cardwell House, Hook Norton Road
Registrant City: Chipping Norton
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code: OX7 5SB
Registrant Country: GB
Registrant Phone: +44.8451306634
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: ian.merriman@cardwellmarketing.co.uk

The site is hosted on 176.32.230.28 (Heart Internet, UK). The email is sent through mail132.sgml3.com (37.221.219.132).