Best-Avaition-Sites.com

What scum.

hi guys,

just found the thread after a quick search.

Ive recieved the self same email from the same guy today. I smelt a rat hence the search. Note i dont think i’ll be taking up his kind offer !!

thanks for the post / heads-up.

Phil Charlton,
Webmaster
Cleveland Aviation Society.

I understand he runs the same scam in lots of enthusiast fields, including the martial arts!

heres a pre-written email/forum content suitable for cut and paste.

WARNING!!!

A “clever” internet marketing/advertising specialist is targetting unsuspecting museum and aviation (and other sporting/hobby) website managers with a con to get them to place an advertising banner for his websites on their websites in the guise of an award for being one of the best aviation websites.

If you feel that your site is worthy of our prestigious airplane award or know of a site that we should review and potentially honor with “The Best Aviation Site” award, please contact us by clicking here and submit your request.

Please note, you can’t buy an award logo off of us. Our awarding is based on the fact that your site or the site you nominate is adding value to the art form the site is about. Also, please note that we get over 130 requests per week to review aviation related sites. So if you have a site or want to nominate a site please review our award guidelines located here.

The aviation industry is very large and their are a lot of sites that are doing a really good job online and we want to make sure we recognize them and honor them with this award. If you have a site that talks about aviation, airplane buying, airplane ownership, flight training or other general aviation information – you might qualify for an award.

We take great pride in making sure we only issue these award logo’s to the best sites in the aviation world so make sure that if you recommend a site that it is a good one!

He promotes this in unsolicited emails (spam) and on a seperate website under a false name!

There is a very similar bestaviationsites.com which seems “unrelated” but seems to be the inspiration and cover for this con!

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/sho…d.php?t=108231

Read that forum for the background.

But spread the word, copy the link of this KP thread http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/sho…d.php?t=108231 and put it in emails to everyone involved in aviation or even other “enthusiast activities” on your contact list, post it on other forums.

“Let everyone know what he is up to”, let it go viral – lets show “him” the real “power of the internet” – smiles

regards

Mark Pilkington

No nothing to hide, thats why you think you need to use a false name?

No nothing to hide, there’s nothing of substance in your aviation website rating and awards site, its all a con to get people to place your advert on their site FOR FREE! to make You MONEY!

Heres “Daves” I mean Jasons main website – his real one where he admits openly what he is up to!!

http://www.jasoninyback.com/

How I use a legal traffic “LOOP HOLE” to dominate markets & how you can as well.

– MUCH more…

I Hate Spam And Have A Strong No Spam Policy. Your privacy is always protected! Privacy Policy

so lets paraphrase all of this to > “hmmm I send out unsolicited emails to every aviation website I can find, misleading them on the purpose of my email, but no thats not spam!

Hmmm even trust me to edit your website for you – just send me your admin password!!, of course I can be trusted!”

hmmm I want you to place some code on your website that is an active link and banner for my websites, but no thats not a Trojan Horse marketing strategy!!! its “good” for you, gives your site “credibility”!!!!

so lets just summarise this to > “hmmm and how I use a false name, and the vanity of amateur websites to con/entice (fool?) them into placing a banner for “my” site on “their” site in the guise of an “Award” on the basis “I’m” giving “them” credibility – It “incredibily easy” and “sort of” legal, if not “ethical or moral”, but then I’m an internet marketer – what do you expect!”

Well done Dave/Jason yes very clever!

smiles, if only you used “your powers for good rather than evil”, many of us would love to have you assist us ethically to improve our webhits, not simply be conned into helping you improve yours!!

And Finally – He’s selling Cessna’s too (not steak knives!)

http://www.airplaneibuying.com/cessna_172.php

Lastly – make sure you “Click Here Now” and signup on the next page so I can send you a video that is instantly accessible that will show you the insider secrets to buying a Cessna 172 for sale!

Happy Flying!

James David

P.S. Make sure you “click here now” and get access to the free video we have created for you that will show you how to save a ton of money on your next airplane purchase!

And soo…. please feel free to click on all his websites making him think he’s got prospective customers, rather than people coming to view and understand his mode of operation,

But spread the word, copy the link of this KP thread http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=108231 and put it in emails to everyone involved in aviation on your contact list, post it on Prunne and other forums.

“Let everyone know what he is up to”, let it go viral – lets show “him” the real “power of the internet” – smiles

Edit: I have corrupted all of the links to his pages above, it seems he works a complex set of websites to profit from backlinks and google ratings and the links above would just have simply allowed him to leverage of KP, remove the spare i if you want to open his sites.

regards

Mark Pilkington

For reference, this is the thread on PPRUNE: http://www.pprune.org/jet-blast/444804-website-award-should-i-suspicious-honoured.html

Mark ,that is exactly the same eMail as I received this morning at “Hampshire Airfields”…I thought it all sounded a bit too good to be true!

I think I’ll give his little logo a miss.

BTW his selections are quite diverse…check out his 100 list and some of the listed sites …eg; 34 & 38 this page……
http://www.bestaviationsites.com/

Maybe he should check out his choices a little better first!

🙂

Yes those are very aviation related :diablo::p:diablo:

A reply to an email rejecting the generous offer!

Hi Mark,

Thanks for the email. Sorry about
any miss-communications. If a
person wanted to load viruses
on other sites, I am sure there
would be a better way. That is
no way what we are trying to do.

We have nothing to hide with the
site. And my correct name is Jason,
which is very easy to find out.

If you would like a .jpeg image
that is fine – I can have it converted
to that for you.

At any rate – sorry about all the
hassle and miss-communication.

Take care,

Dave aka – Jason

Regards

Mark Pilkington

please feel free to cut and paste the info into emails or other aviation websites, this guy will be flooding volunteer webmasters inbox’s, with this crap across every element of aviation!!

regards

Mark Pilkington