I’m sure Gina is a good logo designer, but she is emailing people by scouring DNS whois records and that’s just not cool..
Subject: Logo & Website Designer and Developer Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:15:57 +0400 From: Gina <Info@ginalogodesigner.com> Reply-To: Gina <Info@ginalogodesigner.com> To: my Whois email address Hello,
I can get a very creative logo / brand identity designed for your website / company at a very low price of $75 per logo.4 different designs will be provided and you can request for unlimited reasonable revisions for them until you are satisfied with the design. The final logo file will be high resolution vector format which you can be used for print / web as per your requirement.I will also provide with a logo guide which you can use as a reference to provide more information about the logo you need. You can also place a logo design request through our online order form below or via email as well.
Some sample designs are given below for your reference….
In addition I also do website designing starting at $199 per website and write articles / content for your website at $10 per page of 500 words. If you need hosting service, our plans start at $2.95 per month. If you want I can arrange for references as well who can vouch that this is a genuine offer and not a spam. Should you want to see some more of my logo designs / website samples, please do ask for them. I assure you of quality work and do look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Gina Smith
The whois record for Gina’s domain:
Name: Prakash Patodia
Address: 5C Charkop Welcome CHS, Plot No RDP 2/6, Charkop S
City: Mumbai
State: MH
Postal Code: 400067
Country: IN
Phone: +91.9619692919
Email: praks2610@gmail.com
Domain : ginalogodesigner.com
junk mail blog 
I got the same, what a naughty girl. totally wasting her time with me though. I don’t respond to unsolicited emails. Nic blog by the way! makes for a funny read :-)
Actually her logos are rubbish. They look like they have been drawn by a five year old.
Got the same email from the same avatar. I wish it was posible a fantastic logo for 75$ in 4 diferent versions!
There spamming retards .. the business email address as gmail says it all!
Got this too. She is absolutely wasting her time. I am a writer and internet content manager by trade at an ad agency. I don’t make logos, but the buddy who sits beside me does.
Heh. It’s probably a gmail, so her proper account won’t get spammed by people scouring her Whois record >_<.
All too funny. there is no “index” page for her site either.
its an fully accessable FTP site via browser.
I see a folder for the CGI bin and a .ftpquota file
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I too, just received an offer and I’m located in the Netherlands. Thank you all so much, for this update!
I almost got scammed until i saw this Blog post. I actually had so much work on my hands and wanted to outsource some… Nice 1.
Hello, I also received Gina´s spam. :(
If you still have so much work on your hands, I can help you. our website is http://www.mediodigital.mx
you can contact us via mail or by phone.
Look up praks2610@gmail.com. This person has quite a few domains registered to this email. They are using Alpha Sandesh which is some sort of mass mailing software. You can view it at toplogodesigner.org/admin/index.html toplogodesigner was the domain in the e-mail I got from this person. Anyways, hope this can be of use to someone.
Thank you. I nearly was taken in. I like her work if it is hers, but I am not that knowledgeable about logos. Does anybody know of a good, reasonable logo designer? Our church is wanting to “brand” itself as a special place which, in my mind and heart, it is. What we have so far is absolutely pitiful.
Hello Carol
We can help you with your church´s logo, stationery and website. our website is http://www.mediodigital.mx
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Its unfortunate that Craigslist spam has infiltrated our mailboxes.
This is a Scam. A great artist becomes recognized by their Art and NOT by sending out spam with clip art.
Look for the Red Flags:
There is no website posted in the email for someone who says they are a website developer.
Are you going to trust a random email from someone using one of the most used last names “Smith”?
Google or Bing search on “Gina Smith Logo” only comes up with Spam tags and blogs. Image Search shows no logos from a real Gina artist (at this time).
I feel bad for all the other Gina Smiths in the world who have to deal with crap like this.
Gotta be a scam. If she were really a designer she might actually be checking the websites she’s dead-drop emailing, and her prices would be MUCH higher for the amount of time that goes into logo and branding. I’m a designer too. I designed my logo, and others, my own website, and several others. If this is a legitimate designer, she’s polluting the industry with ridiculously low prices and poor expectations.
This person somehow stole my private paypal email address and sent unsolicited SPAM. My email address is not listed anyplace on the internet. You can do a search for it and not find it in google’s index. So somebody must be selling peoples paypal email addresses
Same for us!!! wonder how they got into our private mail!
she could have spell-checked her email too ‘will prvde you’… from UK
So, commoditized branding. How about $75 per week to answer phones with four different greetings? Get the accent right and we’ll be in touch, Gina.
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