Who is this?

Good Afternoon, I have a number of potential customers looking for pet boarding in your area. I thought you would make a good fit. Please have the owner give me a call at your earliest convenience. Michael Miller I can be reached at 714-544-2607 ext 108 support@directlocalsolutions.com

Unless you report spam like this, companies that have your email address could send you spam forever and even sell and/or give your email to everyone under the sun. Suspicious emails like this one will not have an unsubscribe link as required by law, they will not use a company email and/or have a link back to their website and usually wont even use the company name within the email (as can be seen in the emails posted). You should have no problem finding the company name if the UNSOLICITED bulk email (SPAM) offer that you received is even semi-legitimate.

Report this to the right people and help rid the web of unsolicited spam from reported scam artists.

Submit a complaint directly to the company offering the email address: http://www.inbox.com/support.aspx Forward the email to these addresses as well: ryqtqclmpm@whoisprivacyprotect.com, spam@uce.gov, net-abuse@nocs.insp.irs.gov, nfic@internetmci.com, caspam@doj.ca.gov

The first email looks funny but is for inbox.com: http://whois.domaintools.com/inbox.com The rest are government and private agencies that deal with spam.

Do not give  them a chance to scam your parents, grandparents, neighbors or any other company out of their hard earned money using spam like this! Just because you didn't fall for it, doesn't mean others will have the same sense.

Report this spam directly to the source: http://www.inbox.com/support.aspx

Forward the email to these addresses as well: ryqtqclmpm@whoisprivacyprotect.com, spam@uce.gov, net-abuse@nocs.insp.irs.gov, nfic@internetmci.com, caspam@doj.ca.gov

The first email looks funny but is for inbox.com: http://whois.domaintools.com/inbox.com

The rest are government and private agencies that deal with spam.

Report this spam directly to the source: http://www.inbox.com/support.aspx

Forward the email to these addresses as well: ryqtqclmpm@whoisprivacyprotect.com, spam@uce.gov, net-abuse@nocs.insp.irs.gov, nfic@internetmci.com, caspam@doj.ca.gov

The first email looks funny but is for inbox.com: http://whois.domaintools.com/inbox.com

The rest are government and private agencies that deal with spam.

Report spam, cold calls, investment scams and other garbage here:

http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/territory.htm
https://secure.nclforms.org/nficweb/nfic.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/spam/
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2
http://www.spamcop.net/anonsignup.shtml
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/stateconsumeragencieslist.php
http://www.emailscammers.com/report-email-scams/
http://www.report-online-scams.com/contact.html
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/feedback.htm

Common bait and switch tactics from an online advertising company. Other company name, PBHLLC, PMP, Performance Local Listings and on and on...

Do you believe you are owed a partial or full refund? Below is some advice on how to ensure your company receives the advertising as agreed upon. If you find an advertising company has not performed according to their contract it is best to approach them with the evidence and provide your side to try and work out an acceptable solution. If no reasonable solution can be agreed upon there is another solution to possibly getting a full or partial refund. This should only be done if nothing can be worked out between you and the company and all communication breaks down. Call your bank to dispute the charges or chargeback. Only call your bank and dispute the charges for the reason(s) you feel the company did not perform as "guaranteed". In order to truly know if the company is performing as promised good record keeping from the beginning is necessary.

Here are some tips that could be followed:
* Request everything any sales person tells you on the phone or in person in writing and/or get permission to record the phone call for your records. This is extremely important as "guarantees" are made by certain sales people that Google employees "...have no problem saying that all of these claims are completely false." As you can read here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AdWords/thread?tid=6df889d79abadae6&hl=en
* Request, in writing, how much of your monthly fee will be spent on Adwords and/or the other PPC providers.
* Request "Read Only Access" to your Google Adwords campaign. You will be able to view the account to inspect keywords, ads, check the pricing and other valuable statistics like the amount of clicks and overall cost. You wont have the ability to make changes, but having access to this information to print out for your records is EXTREMELY important.
* If report access is refused or you just want to receive the reports, ask them to set up a regular schedule and send you these reports: Overall Campaign report showing pricing and all keywords and ads being used, Search Query Performance report, Impression Share Report, Keyword Performance Report, Ad Performance Report and Geographic Performance Report. These reports should come directly from Googles email: adwords-noreply@google.com.
* Check the placement of your ads regularly both in Google and using this tool:
https://adwords.google.com/select/AdTargetingPreviewTool. If your ad cannot be found take and save screenshots for your records.

If you look over all this information and you feel the performance is not as expected, talk to the company first to maybe gain a better understanding of the information and/or see what adjustments can be made to coincide with the promises made by the sales person. If there is a refusal to stick to the "guarantees" made by the company all the information above could be given to your bank to review your dispute. If you have not been directed to read and/or sign a contract, ensure to emphasize this point to your bank. Below are links showing some guarantees made by the company and the promise of "NO CONTRACTS":
http://www.ocgoogleguy.com/Businesses/OC_Google_Guy_Trabuco_Canyon_CA.htm
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kurt-steinhebel/1a/10b/13b
http://www.listown.com/writing-editing-translation/oc/201002/143116.htm
http://www.searchterms.com/blog/local-search/ ... -be-successful/
These can be printed out and sent to the bank as well.

Obviously not this company if they display the Qualified Company logo yet only hold Qualified Individual status: https://adwords.google.com/support/select/professionals/bin/answer.py?answer=12241&hl=en_US

As you can see, there is a big difference in what PMP discusses on this page, http://www.performancemediaplacement.com/Legitimate.asp, and the qualification they hold.  

Below are links to the minimum requirements that any company should hold to manage Adwords accounts in my opinion.
http://www.google.com/intl/en/adwords/reseller
http://adwords.google.com/support/select/professionals/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=12272
https://adwords.google.com/support/select/professionals/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=18572

Any company selling Adwords shouldn't violate Googles polices:
http://www.adwords.google.com/support/select/professionals/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=152979

You can search for "Google Certified Partners" on Googles website here: https://adwords.google.com/professionals/search/

Good Luck!

http://www.fbi.gov/contact/fo/territory.htm
https://secure.nclforms.org/nficweb/nfic.htm
http://www.ftc.gov/spam/
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2
http://www.spamcop.net/anonsignup.shtml
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/stateattorneygenerallist.php
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/stateconsumeragencieslist.php
http://www.emailscammers.com/report-email-scams/
http://www.report-online-scams.com/contact.html
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/feedback.htm

Please read this page to understand what Google feels are violations of their certification program: https://www.adwords.google.com/support/select/professionals/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=152979

As you can find within this post and on many other complaint posts this company violates many of Googles policies and laws:

Cold Calling and automated calls that are illegal in many states:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-949-859-2301
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-888-243-2488

Spam:
http://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/Ch3MAZF-YgAJSgjKWaIeRg/3
http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg27204.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin@cygwin.com/msg28532.html
http://www.jimcarroll.com/2003/10/the-lengths-theyll-go-to

As you can see Google is against the main selling points of this company and what the employees "guarantee":
* "Deceptive or non-transparent pricing...discounts on keywords, exception to the auction (don't have to pay by CPC, etc.), ability to purchase keywords in bulk..."  - This company promises unlimited keywords and clicks at a flat monthly fee. How many PMP customers receive expense or click reports that show the Adwords budgeting?
* "Selling AdWords as 'listings', implying permanence" - This is in many of their resellers names and in the name of the site that carries the Google qualification.
* "Guaranteeing certain ad placement, or that ads will appear at all times" - As you can read in the replies, company sites, employee profile pages and fake testimonials from ignorant PMP employees, the main selling points are statements such as this: "We DO get our clients on the first page of Google in the sponsored link section 24/7 with unlimited clicks..." Please Marianne, check the TRUE attrition rate for this company.

For any current customers that want to see if this guarantee of 24/7 first page placement is being upheld ask for an "Impression Share Report". This report will tell you the percentage of time the ads were shown during a specific time period. Every keyword and ad should show 100%; if not, the first page 24/7 guarantee has been broken which is a violation of their own contract and grounds for a 100% refund. Request to receive this report directly from Google to avoid any possible manipulation from any employees of this company. The best bet would be to request Report Access to the account. Then you will be able see the data directly from the Google Adwords website.

More deceit from the company is the use of the qualification logo as can be seen here:
https://adwords.google.com/support/select/professionals/bin/answer.py?answer=12777&cbid=1qgysxgatztd6&src=cb&lev=index
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AdWords/thread?tid=5552b71c25f02a43&hl=en


Below are some resources to report any wrong doings you may feel this company may be performing:

http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/request.py?contact_type=gap_complaint&hl=en_US
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
http://www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
https://odr.bbb.org/odrweb/public/getstarted.aspx
http://www.onguardonline.gov/file-complaint.aspx
http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/coldcall.htm


More links for this company:
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/performance-local-listings-c220883.html
http://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/WbhWX6afrACJIgjLdxnpzg/3
http://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/PPI6MohK6QDT9QjMbb8e8A
http://www.ripoffreport.com/internet-marketing-companies/performance-media-pl/performance-media-placement-ri-8534e.htm
http://complaintwire.org/Complaint.aspx/hac6JzG8VgDULgjLZl0dog

Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for self storage services in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.



Mark Masson

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301

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I got an email from my companies website saying "I have customers looking for self storage in you area.  I thought it would make a good fit.  Please call Mark Mason 949.859.2301 at your earliest convenience.

Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a pet sitter in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Tony Voss

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x105

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I've received both a call last summer and an email a couple days ago like below. I find it interesting that all the extensions list the same person each time. I wonder what this company really is but I don't want to be the one finding out!

Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a pet sitter in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Tony Voss

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x105

If you do not wish to receive any further messages simply click on the link below, enter your mail address and click the UNSUBSCRIBE button. You will be removed from all future mailings. http://www.UnSubscribeFromList.org/

Email, I got the same on as Rip above ^^
The funny thing is, i'm a materials researcher and a lot of my research is based on concrete/asphalt... So it seemed completely reasonable for someone to send me an email like this. I'm disappointed that its a scam.

I'm not even a concrete contractor

Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a concrete contractor in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Tony Voss

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x105

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Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a pet sitter in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.
Tony Voss

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x105

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I got it too. I called the number, its a place called Performance Media Placement for Google. In other words, its SEO, and from my experience most SEO companies are a rip off.

Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a pet sitter in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Tony Voss

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x105

If you do not wish to receive any further messages simply click on the link below, enter your mail address and click the UNSUBSCRIBE button. You will be removed from all future mailings. http://www.UnSubscribeFromList.org/

Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a pet sitter in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Tony Voss

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x105

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Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a pet groomer in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Tony Voss

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x105

Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a pest removal company in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.


from jgarza@inbox.com
Jesse Monta

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x113

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Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for a chiropractor in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.


Jer Marquis

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x104

Yep - got spam with this # in it - reads like this.  Now why would a guy in CA would have leads for a company in PA?  Silly people.  


Good Afternoon,

I have a number of potential customers looking for pressure washing services in your area. I thought you would make a good fit.

Please give me a call at your earliest convenience.

Kyle McKenny

I can be reached at
(949) 859-2301 x109

I receive a spam email with this number in it.