App Spam

Today's spam scam of the day is brought to you by a company called Theappsmarketer, by way of another "marketer" called Future-Click. Or at least it was made to appear that way by pasting a future-click logo, address and removal information at the bottom of the email. Upon further investigation, the future-click website appears to be a "computer consulting firm", though their page is pretty weak for a professional company, so who knows?! Another unsubscribe link points to yet another domain mmgunsc.com that was registered by a company called UnsubCentral Inc. just a couple of months ago. Likely this unsubscribe link functions more like a valid email verifier.

The scam itself is just another get rich quick from home schemes that's sure to get them the riches that the hapless victims were looking for. This one touts a huge "glitch" in smart phone technology. The glitch they're referring to is the ability for a third party to develop and sell apps, or phone applications. It's true the concept is really hot right now, and likely won't go away anytime soon, but this and the other facts about the industry that their site feeds you is only fuel for the scam's fire. So to make things short the company offers you a portal through which to sell their apps (I'm assuming it's their apps, though it's never really discussed). For every app sold, you keep 75%. They even give you a little chart to demonstrate how much money you'll make. There may be a slight problem with their figures though. According to the chart you will receive $35 bucks for just one sale, that would make the app you're pushing just about $50. Seems a little extreme considering most iPhone apps cost about .99 cents, save for the occassional $3.99, or maybe $10 bucks tops.Anyway, know it's out there, and avoid it. I just find it interesting(at times) when the scammers adapt the same old gimmicks to the changing landscape. They can actually be pretty good at it sometimes.