In the email below that I received I am asked to participate in a three-way link exchange. The SCAM here is that the person is asking me to participate in a link exchange with two sites that are already under my site umbrella! I designed two of the three sites involved.

Are these people now going to sites with high rankings and finding site URLS and posing as the webmasters?

Read below, the jewelrycrossings.com and the hotdiamondsilver.com sites are sister sites that I designed. The third is the alleged scammer. I have deleted the name because I do not want to implicate anyone unduly, and maybe there is a reasonable explanation for this, though I cannot see one!

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Hi,
I came across your website http://www.hotdiamondsilver.com while searching for link exchange partners and would like to exchange link with your website.

My website's URL is http://www.??????.com

As you know, Three-way linking (also known as Triangular linking) plays a very important role in search engine ranking. If you are interested in link exchange and agree to add my link to your website, please use the information provided below.

My web site information is:

URL:
http://www.????????.com
Title:
Buying an Engagement Ring
Description:
Diamond engagement rings and wedding bands in your choice of platinum, white gold & yellow gold settings plus diamond pendants, earrings and bracelets.

I have already added your link to my website and you can confirm it by visiting the following

URL:
http://www.jewelrycrossings.com/links.html

Please add my link in this page:

http://www.hotdiamondsilver.com/HDresources.html

Please let me know if you would like to have any information changed regarding your website & where you have placed our link exactly.

Please do one more favor, send me exact location of my URL on your website.

Waiting for your quick and positive response...

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