frank D.
Another example of deceptive cold-email…
Another example of deceptive cold-email marketing: vague pitches sent from disposable-looking Gmail addresses, with no company name, no website, and no real identity disclosed up front. I received a random marketing email with the subject line “App.” The message said: “Hi, our team works on Android and iOS platforms with customized solutions. Please let us know if you have any app requirements.” No company name. No website. No real introduction. No proof of who they are. Just a generic mass-marketing pitch. So I replied: “How come your team has no company?” Only then did they respond: “Thank you for your response. We do have a company. I apologize for not including the details in my initial email. Please find our information below: Company: ROI Lift.” A legitimate company marketing its services should clearly identify itself in the first email. The company name, website, and basic business information should not have to be pulled out of them after they are questioned. If I hired an email marketing person or agency and they sent out cold emails on behalf of my business without clearly identifying the company, I would terminate that relationship immediately. That kind of outreach makes a business look shady, evasive, and unprofessional. In my opinion, this was not an innocent mistake. Sending a vague pitch from a Gmail account while leaving out the company name looks intentional. It appears designed to hide the real company behind the message until someone responds. That is not ethical marketing. That is deceptive cold-email behavior. Totally untrustworthy and a lot of these come from companies with virtual mailboxes in Sheridan Wyoming like this one.




