Some of Alan's views on this digital marketing malarkey ... there's more on: AlanCharlesworth.com

Over the years – as you can see – I’ve added to this blog only sporadically. I decided to leave all the old posts ‘live’ as I think they can still be useful in helping folk understand digital marketing. Enjoy 😊

Monday, December 1, 2025

hello; do i know you?

 I got this in my email inbox.

The thing is, I've not used Google ads for about 20 years and then it was for a week or so to demonstrate their use to students.

Furthermore, according to the home page of the website on the domain name used as the sender email address, the company offers: 'The modern payroll, scheduling, & hiring platform built for restaurants.' Needless to say, I'm not - nor ever have been - in the restaurant business.

Of course, that was a phoney email address - and clicking on the link in the ad took me to a different website [on a different domain name].  

So, it's a scam ... but quite a good one. Not sure what the end game is though - probably my bank details. I can't see Google being happy at their name being taken in vain either.