I received an email today, at my blogsite addy, from The Editor. It struck a kind of familiar tone, which is strange because I don’t recall having been introduced to The Editor before.

And now he/she has popped up with a polite note reminding me to re-list my website in his/her directory . . .

Hmmmm.

So I did a little googling and look what I found:

For three years now, there has been a “website directory” scam running, where webmasters are sent bogus “renewal” notices via email, encouraging them to sign up for a web directory service, various hosted at www-goto.com or dirs.org . . .

As we have already demonstrated in the past, this is part of a exercise that is designed to collect fees from webmasters from a service they did not ask for.

Perhaps you’ve heard the expression “don’t feed the trolls.” Here’s another nice motto for a gorgeous First of May: don’t feed the snakes, either.