flattery spam

I received this email this morning:
You were recently chosen as a potential candidate to represent your professional community in the 2010 Edition of Presidential Who's Who.

We are please to inform you that your candidacy was formally approved April 15th, 2010. Congratulations.

The Publishing Committee selected you as a potential candidate based not only upon your current standing, but focusing as well on criteria from executive and professional directories, associations, and trade journals. Given your background, the Director believes your profile makes a fitting addition to our publication.

There is no fee nor obligation to be listed. As we are working off of secondary sources, we must receive verification from you that your profile is accurate. After receiving verification, we will validate your registry listing within seven business days.

Once finalized, your listing will share prominent registry space with thousands of fellow accomplished individuals across the globe, each representing accomplishment within their own geographical area.

To verify your profile and accept the candidacy, please visit here. Our registration deadline for this year's candidates is May 30th, 2010. To ensure you are included, we must receive your verification on or before this date. On behalf of our Committee I salute your achievement and welcome you to our association.

Sincerely,
MarkAnthony McGuiness
Chief Operations Officer

Presidential Who's Who
134 Rockaway Ave
Valley Stream, NY 11590, USA

my first thought, of course, was, umm, i'm awesome and all that but not a lot of people know it. so, all of you who know me know that while i've achieved some great things, i have not achieved feats worthy of being included in a Presidential Who's Who. so i did some research, only to find it's spam (not that this surprised me, i mean really, me? as a presidential who's who? i don't kiss THAT much ass, if any for that matter.).

i didn't click on the link to the site. instead, the first thing i did, like i always do, is go to google and start typing the name of the organization. google finished the job for me by suggesting i add scam to it. the search results are here and it's pretty funny to read some of these reviews of others who have received this email. i especially like that there are blogs out there dedicated to spam emails. i tell ya, there's always a good idea behind every shitty thing.

so you know, if you receive this weird, 'you've been approved to be included in the Presidential Who's Who' and you know haven't done anything remotely worthy of a nomination like that and they want your money, you've been warned.