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Princeton Premier Registry Email

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Today I received an email from the Managing Director of the Princeton Premier, Having never even been to Princeton I was suspicious right away. I first checked the domain in the text link they ask you to click on and it does not look very legitimate. Then I Googled the domain and it looks like the spam registry has it listed.

Still giving them the benefit of the doubt I visited the top level of the text link and saw just a privacy policy geared toward spam (ah hah). So armed with this information I decided to click on the link  up comes a “official” looking form asking for more personal information and the best time to be contacted followed by some very alarming words “All program sales are final.” So yes if you do fill out that information chances are you will be asked to pay for an upgraded membership and you will probably be put on a “sucker” list which means you will be contacted by even more scam emails. Please be careful.

The email stated the following:

 

“It is my pleasure to inform you that you are being considered for inclusion into the 2008-2009 Princeton Premier Business Leaders and Professionals Honors Edition section of the registry.

 The 2008-2009 edition of the registry will include biographies of the world’s most accomplished individuals. Recognition of this kind is an honor shared by thousands of executives and professionals throughout the world each year. Inclusion is considered by many as the single highest mark of achievement.

 You may access our application form using the following link:

 (Link removed)

Upon final confirmation, you will be listed among other accomplished individuals in the Princeton Premier Registry.

 For accuracy and publication deadlines, please complete your application form and return it to us within five business days. There is no cost to be included in the registry.

 If you’ve already received this email from us, there is no need to respond again. This email serves as our final invitation to potential members who have not yet responded.

 On behalf of the Executive Publisher, we wish you continued success.

 Sincerely,
Jason Harris 
 
Managing Director
Princeton Premier”
I Was very suspicious of this email and believe it to be a unsolicited email where they try and get you to pay for an upgraded listing even though they claim that the “there is no cost to be included in the registry”

I did some further digging and found this email to be sent to people who were all over the world and never went to Princeton. Watch out this looks to be a scam.