Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Chapeau Awards

I've been getting junk mail from a supposed blog awards group for Chapeau Awards.  They want bloggers to pay a fee to be considered for an award.

I don't know why I'm really posting this, other than I am just irked that a scam would run that would target food bloggers like this.  Then again, maybe it's the only way I'll ever get an award! :)

This Post was written by Curt from Bucky's Barbecue and Bread

9 comments:

Ali said...

I've been getting them too. I laughed really hard when I saw the website and the hefty fee to be considered for their award. Har!

Curt McAdams said...

I'm glad it's not just me seeing it... I just hope nobody has fallen for it (I wouldn't expect people on here to fall for it).

Joanna said...

Yep, I'm getting it too- the spam is just annoying.

Almost Vegetarian said...

This stuff I just delete, unread.

As bloggers get more and more sophisticated, does it seem like scams get, well, dumber?

Cheers!

Laura in Paris said...

(Free) greetings from Paris! Have a Happy and Healthy 2009!

Anonymous said...

Just dropping by to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Anonymous said...

Food Blog Scool has been getting them too. We just marked them as spam in the inbox. It's a cruel way of preying on naive bloggers, which I hope that none of our members fall for. Thanks for bringing it to everyones' attention!

Mona said...

ditto to all of the above. very annoying. i'm gonna take their chapeaux and stick it where the sun don't shine.

The Culinary Chase said...

I thought it was just another avenue for bloggers to promote their site, that is, until I came to the part where they wanted money! :(