I’ve just received an email informing me that my small business, InfoCrafts, has been recognized by the Small Business Commerce Association as “Best of Business” in Atlanta in 2010!
But — there are problems.
InfoCrafts.com *was* a consulting business of mine.
It existed for less than four months.
In 1998.
In Mississippi.
Do you smell a rat yet?
The truth: the scammers at the Small Business Commerce Association don’t have a clue about who you are. They don’t care what your business has achieved. Why? Because all they really do is buy old mailing lists and fish for suckers.
If you go to their website and enter your award code, you’ll discover what the scam is all about: claiming your award will cost you between $57 and $150 dollars. For that, you’ll get a badge for your website and a cheap plaque to hang on the wall. Got more money to throw away? They’ll produce a video for you, too — for a price, of course.
The award isn’t a badge of honor … it’s a sign of gullibility. Don’t feed their greed by falling for scams like this one.
July 2013 – just got the email. They are at it again. Watch out for Small Business Community Association.
Got one today, so they still haven’t been found and crushed like the undeserving life forms they are.
Steve Marquess