We’ve been getting some spam emails from someone purporting to be Diego Norte offering us exciting notes to post on our blog. These notes include tips on how to cheat on your taxes and how to lure children into vans (I didn’t read the entire thing, so I can’t confirm that that’s in there.) I’m sure you, as an Internet Professional, have brushed up against this character.
Luckily, we know a bit more about him today. His real name is James Brausch and he’s essentially a scammer, creating fake sites left and right. Some notes from Complaints Board:
“Diego Norte” is a fake name. The picture on the web site is not him, it is also fake. The person is actually:
James D. Brausch
REDACTEDHis personal web site is: jamesbrausch.com and he has a family web site at brausch.com.
He also operates weightlossdude.com if you want to see what he looks like.
Basically he tries to get people to post spam for him where it does not belong. Don’t fall for it. And if you have or know someone who has, be sure to post it on all the “rip off” web sites and BBB.
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More information about James Brausch:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/360/RipOff0360502.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/371/RipOff0371537.htm
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/343/RipOff0343401.htm
http://www.complaintsboard.com/suspicious-companies/james-brausch-aka-diego-norte-a69538.html
http://www.complaintsboard.com/suspicious-companies/james-brausch-diego-norte-james-brausch-diego-norte-a59688.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080309162337AAP30a0
http://rayedwards.com/james-brausch-thinks-i-hate-him
http://entrepreneurs.about.com/b/2008/06/25/james-d-brausch-glyphius-and-shilling.htm
http://www.cybercashology.com/the-internets-big-bully
Why am I posting this? Because we’ve seen an increase in fake “grassroots” news sent to our tips box and this is one of the most egregious offenders. Although HTC apologized for their slip-up, PR folks are discovering that by emailing “Hey! I saw this hawt link on the MySpace www.mycrappycompany.com” they can convince someone out there to give them some bits. There’s enough noise out there without guys like this making our inboxes a toilet.
UPDATE – There’s a lot of he said/she said going on in comments. I’ll leave them open for now but I’m basically trying to say that Diego Norte – who is believed to be this Brausch guy – needs to stop spamming.
