53 responses so far ↓

• Sabine Pyrchalla // Feb 1, 2008 at 9:54 pm

  Rose,

  Not just spammy - but costly. A friend of mine proceeded - and after submitting her info etc - she was politely asked to please pay x-Dollars to be included and receive a free trip.

  Sabine

• DrowseyMonkey // Feb 2, 2008 at 12:33 am

  Well…I have an award for you … and you don’t have to pay me anything…just drop by and pick it up:razz:

• Bob // Feb 2, 2008 at 4:58 pm

  Hey where is my email? I never get anything,:lol:

• Eric "Speedcat Hollydale" // Feb 3, 2008 at 2:00 am

  The Princess of Persia wants to marry me and put 14 million into my account … YHAAAAA HOOOOO!!!

• Viola Jaynes // Feb 3, 2008 at 5:39 am

  You are familiar enough with the net that you caught it right away. As you said, some would not have.

  But Rose, you are pretty special still!

• Rose DesRochers // Feb 4, 2008 at 5:56 pm

  Drowsey, thank you so much.

  Bob, I promise to email you today.

  Eric, lucky you.

  Viola- you are so nice.

• Rodney Pinder // Feb 7, 2008 at 5:37 am

  Much to my surprise, I got one today. I thought wow! Princeton knows me! (That’s a modest America uni, right?) Then a split second later I thought: spamalot! (duh), so googled and found you. Many thanks for a very useful posting. Coffee’s on me next time we’re both in the princeton caff.
  cheers
  

• Antoneta // Feb 7, 2008 at 11:56 pm

  
  I feel very distubred by what the things you have commented about you are sinply wiggly worms I have been published with Princeton Premier Registry and I do say I am satisfied you must not be a succesful person I must say.
  Thank you

• Rose DesRochers // Feb 8, 2008 at 12:33 pm

  Antoneta, I’m sorry to see that you got suckered.

  Rodney, so I guess I better count that coffee out?

• Z Morten // Feb 8, 2008 at 6:33 pm

  I too have been selected (puffing out chest:>)
  and I too googled to find out what the scam was.

  My nephew was selected to be in published book of poetry, he bit. Got published but he paid dearly for his copy of a very small run of books. But he’s proud and it’s on his resume lol

• Tara // Feb 8, 2008 at 11:44 pm

  Got the same email. I guess that’s why I’m here.
  Seemed somewhat suspicious, google-d it.
  I am certainly NOT one of the worlds most accomplished individuals!

  btw..
  I think being a wiggling worm is one of the most endearing insults I have ever come across as well!

• James Bull // Feb 13, 2008 at 9:00 pm

  It just arrived here too. Hmmm… I don’t want to be selfish and take up space in the directory. Someone else can have my place.

• Eric K // Feb 14, 2008 at 10:18 pm

  Ditto on all that — Google gave me your link. Whee!

  I got a “Who’s Who” thing years ago, when I had been a professional all of two years. Uh, yeah. You want HOW MUCH to accept me into this “honor”?

• Sharon Graham // Feb 15, 2008 at 7:51 am

  I too got the message. I guess I must also be “one of the world’s most accomplished individuals!”

  Thanks for posting this message on your blog. It was the first one I found when I researched the spammers — Princeton Premier Registry.

  They won’t be taking my money.

• Rose DesRochers // Feb 15, 2008 at 3:47 pm

  Well I’m glad that so many are finding this post via Google when searching Princeton Premier.

• Judy Gombita // Feb 15, 2008 at 5:24 pm

  I was doing a Friday afternoon email dump. Decided to search Princeton Premier before acting on or deleting.

  Thanks to your blog post/you, I now know to DELETE!

  Cheers,
  Judy

  P.S. This post was ranked fourth in my search results for “Princeton Premier Business Leaders and Professionals ‘Honors Edition’”

• DrowseyMonkey // Feb 17, 2008 at 2:03 pm

  he he he…

• Bob in Texas // Feb 17, 2008 at 11:33 pm

  Thanks to all for the heads up on Premier. Indeed, Mr. Jason Harris’s missive does carry that distinct “eau de spam” we can smell as soon as it hits our in boxes.

• Donna // Feb 18, 2008 at 5:43 am

  Dang… guess this means I haven’t made the big time after all.

  Yep… another one here who got a copy of that email, caught a whiff of something not too pretty and found my way here via a Google search for “Princeton Premier Registry”. Thanks to all for confirming my initial suspicions.

• Moises // Feb 19, 2008 at 12:15 pm

  WOW!!!!! How dare any of you?! I am special and I will be published!!! Sorry, I needed to live the moment of glory for a second. I HATE SPAM!

• Gina Biserka // Feb 20, 2008 at 9:47 pm

  I find it mildly amusing that there could be so many people who are willing to criticize an organazation without knowing a thing about them . I am a member of the Princeton Premier and have been for over a year . Not only did the company pay for the airfare for my last vacation , I’ve met several professionals that I would not have made contact with if not for my invovlement with the Princeton Premier. I urge you to look beyond what you think and call the company to find out more before you blast them on the web as a scam. Their customer service is fantastic and they will be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have.

• robert mcbean // Feb 20, 2008 at 11:15 pm

  hey, i just went higher than you in the google search for “princeton premier registry”. na na na na na.

  ok, that was childish. since i’ve blogged on this they’ve sent me the same letter two more times. i guess they don’t google themselves…

• Rose DesRochers // Feb 21, 2008 at 1:16 am

  Robert I hold 1 place in Google.ca and Google.com for princeton premier registry. lol

  Gina, please point out where I called them a scam? I criticized them for sending out spam the way they do. It is most unethical and they operate in the same manner poetry.com does .

• Afzal // Feb 21, 2008 at 12:18 pm

  Hello All,

  I have also received this email today & also the call from one of their executive, however I have never heard about “Princeton Premier Business Leaders ”

  Did some Googling to know ab’t them & landed to this website. I think they are trying to sale their membership. Yeah you can say sort of phishing Scam.

  Let’s c…how many of more have got such Surprise

  Regards
  Afzee

• Eitan // Feb 21, 2008 at 6:02 pm

  same here… googled it, found this post, figured out we are all specials.

• robert mcbean // Feb 21, 2008 at 11:08 pm

  i was looking a the email headers and the website domain trying to figure out who’s orginizing this. its very confusing, like one of those russian dolls.

  in response to gina, i don’t think i would use the word scam. my comments were mostly about how its bad marketing and they seem oblivious to the fact that the blogospere is exposing them.

• Michelle McCallum // Feb 28, 2008 at 6:42 am

  Wow! Hey, maybe we can start an “I Was Emotionally Abused by Princeton Premier Spam” club! Thanks for the post, Rose, I found you also by Googling this thing, although I already knew it was spam but I like to do inconsequential time-wasting things with my first cuppa java, hah! Cheers everyone, emailing you from bonny Scotland!

  Michelle

• Stuart // Feb 28, 2008 at 4:04 pm

  I just got the message too, having had some nice nice news today of promotion at the (UK) university I work at. Bloody hell, I thought, that’s quick. My spam-related suspicions were confirmed by Googling, as seems to be the case with most of these comments. But am I overreacting in thinking that it’s just a bit scary how easily these folks can personally address these messages? It makes it so much more credible it it’s topped with your actual name. How do they do it?

• B.D. // Mar 6, 2008 at 12:10 am

  I just got my Princeton Premier spam e-mail today! Finally, I feel like I belong! I especially love that the link sends you to a pretty basic form that asks for personal information. No website. No info on this supposed “prestigious” list. Just a simple page with a few fields to populate. Genius. Not!!!!

• arthur stone // Mar 6, 2008 at 4:32 pm

  $8.95 per month to access to countless executives and professionals sound slike a good deal to me.. hey rose freelance writer and poet really means unemployed!!! doesnt seem like your too business savvy. if you need any advice im here for you

• Rose DesRochers // Mar 6, 2008 at 4:52 pm

  Arthur, Being a freelancer does not mean unemployed. It means being your own boss, but think what you will. Thanks for wasting five min of my day with your drivel.

• robertmcbean // Mar 6, 2008 at 5:48 pm

  Arthur, that wasn’t very nice. Didn’t your mother teach you manners? I don’t think you should be offering business advice after paying 9 bucks to get on a directory that has very dubious value. If I’m wrong get one of your newly found countless executive friends to give me a call.

  Anyway, I’m starting my own directory. And I’m willing to let all of you on this thread as “Pioneer” members. Believe me, this will be big.

• Elliot Bell // Mar 12, 2008 at 12:02 pm

  Isn’t it obvious you were nominated for inclusion based on your extraordinary blogging skills!

  You must not think highly of your own career if you feel your accomplishments do not merit consideration…

• Rose DesRochers // Mar 12, 2008 at 12:07 pm

  Elliot, but you are wrong. I’m very proud of my accomplishments. I’m also happy that I know spam when I see it.

• sandy jones // Mar 12, 2008 at 12:34 pm

  Hello!
  got the email too! It’s funny, but these days I don’t trust anyone and any email that i get from someone i don’t know, even “orders” for my company’s products I immediately google it
  and that’s how i came across this site Rose, thanks for your blog Too bad tho! For a little while I felt proud and “FAMOUS”

• amy // Mar 14, 2008 at 2:50 pm

  Unbelievable stuff. I just wish the folks they target knew automatically — they would go out of business if their spamming didn’t turn over profit.

  Let’s keep this post high on Google!

  The best part of “Princeton Premier” is that it is located in Astoria, NY, which is Queens. Huh? I should go check it out one day since I teach at Queensborough Community College.

  To the folks googling about Princeton Premier, don’t fall prey to Jason Harris. He’ll send the email to anyone with an email address, hoping for a little bit of profit.

• Lisa // Mar 15, 2008 at 1:31 pm

  I was so impressed, thought something great had happened! Mine came to my work email today. Surprised it didn’t go to junk mail. I also goggled them and thanks to all of my fellow nominees, we are all a bit wiser and richer! Thanks and congratulations

• Vince // Mar 15, 2008 at 6:47 pm

  Well, what do you know — I’m a special person too! I got an email yesterday from Mr.Harris too!

  I wonder how many people have gotten suckered in to this deal?

• Rose DesRochers // Mar 15, 2008 at 11:13 pm

  Wow, 38 comments? Maybe I should thank Princeton Premier for the traffic. LOL

• Lindsey // Mar 19, 2008 at 9:00 am

  Unfortunetly, I didn’t even have a brief euphoric response to my letter from Mr. Harris as some of you did- I figured it was a scam as soon as I saw “Princeton Premier” in my inbox. Not to discredit my skills, but I am way to fresh into my career for me to be considered one of the most accomplished professionals in the world. Don’t we all just love spam and the time it consumes? Thanks to your postings, I now know I am not alone!

  Thanks all!

• Tyler // Mar 24, 2008 at 10:05 am

  Just got the email here! glad to now be in consideration for the “honor”. I can’t wait to show it to mom!

  P.S. thanks for highlighting this on your site… I was pretty sure it was spam!

• Narth Mallus the Reginald // Mar 25, 2008 at 8:33 am

  Hey,

  I recently received that same “Princeton Premier” e-mail. I got a little giddy at first, flustered, you know…”Of all the fellas in the world I’ve been chosen” and all that jazz. Then, I realized that although I am a bit accomplished, and slightly distinguished, that I still didn’t rank among the top business execs in the world. Thank you, your blog helped to expose a potentially costly left click.

• Mr. BigShot // Mar 27, 2008 at 2:29 am

  Well I have been noted for a thing or two, and one thing you can be sure of: if an “Important Person’s Registry” wants YOU to pay for the privilege of being on their list, it’s not legit.

  Think about it, to be a useful resource for ‘Notables’ a Registry has to have all of ‘em, not just those that are willing to pay for the privilege.

  Frankly, in the USA, the only one that means anything is Marquis Who’s Who. You can’t buy your way in, and they’ve been doing this since 1899, a lot longer than Spam has existed.

  Oh, and you don’t have to pay anything to be included, just measure up to their required standards.

  No, I don’t work for them, and yes, I do measure up (I’m in 5 of their Indexes, let’s just say I’ve had an interesting and varied career)

• Tom // Mar 30, 2008 at 10:10 am

  Got this today in my spam folder. I am the ultimate businessman…not….I am a HS Choral Director! Well, I do have to sell chocolate bars and such for fundraisers….LOL

• Ima Shukah // Mar 31, 2008 at 5:50 pm

  Grats Rose, it looks like you got the “Princeton Premier” scammers trying to discredit your blog… oh that’s desperate.

  “Not only did the company pay for the airfare for my last vacation…”

  HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA *breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.

• Liz // May 1, 2008 at 4:50 pm

  Princeton is a rip off… they asked me to give the $808.95 usd for a package that i would reciev after wasting my time for over 22 min…. WHATEVER YOU DO DONT EVER SIGN UP WITH THEM!!!

• Wade // May 7, 2008 at 3:14 pm

  I’ve been so lucky this week! I also got this nomination, felt really special. I also got an incredible investment offer from a nice man from Nigeria who promised to make me millions and all I had to do was give him my personal bank account # and my address. I’m just waiting for my cheque…. Then, to top it all off, I found out I won a prize in a lottery that I didn’t even know I had entered! How’s that for lucky? Yes….. quite a week indeed!

• Rose DesRochers // May 7, 2008 at 9:46 pm

  Wade by chance do you have a rabbit foot on you?

• robert // May 7, 2008 at 11:13 pm

  nigeria and princeton premiere. hmmm never thought i’d see those two things in the same topic.

  

• Rose DesRochers // May 7, 2008 at 11:23 pm

  Maybe they have colleagues in Nigeria?

• Gustav . // May 8, 2008 at 12:15 am

  … to think that my mom told me I would never make anything of myself - that was 60 years ago, and now, voila - I am famous - too bad she is not here to see it - thanks Mr. Harris, Princeton Premier

• Wade // May 8, 2008 at 7:39 am

  You know what the sad part is? With the amount of this kind of crap going around the internet this must really work for them! This means that people are dumb (or greedy) enough to fall for it! Sad…… Don’t you think the gene pool needs a little more chlorine?

• lexish // May 9, 2008 at 10:36 am

  you are now the number 1 listing when you google princeton premier registry.

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