My friend who runs a business had exactly the same last week. I just saw the emails they sent him and the charge was going to be R1400 a month for the "optimizations".
Here is a copy of the letter:
A very warm welcome to you and your company.
As from today your campaign will be live and active. Please take a couple of minutes to review some of the processes involved to ensure a smooth transition and development of your campaign.
A dedicated technical project manager “DTPM” has been appointed and this manager will be responsible for the successful development of the program and will ensure the technical team constantly monitor progress.
We will be requesting your FTP details. These are simply the login credentials that allow us to update any completed “on-site” work, an important part of the optimisation process.
These FTP details will be requested by the technical team. Meantime, we will be working on the “off page” optimisation as this does not require access codes and is the most important element of the optimisation program.
For security FTP detailscan be entered directly by you, onto the 100% secure & encrypted FTP hub. Nobody will see your details and its completely automated, your details cannot viewed whatsoever. Please follow this link to the secure hub,
https://isafezone.com/ftp-encypt/load.php
Should you have any general questions regarding your account please use our online support website. Please note your query is automatically mapped internally to your DTPM, you will find that this process is much more efficient and quicker than calling.
As discussed during the recorded confirmation the arrangement is on a “month by month” basis and merely requires three working days (72 hours prior to your renewal date) notice in the first month to cancel and thirty days thereafter. Please obtain your cancellation number as proof of any cancellation.
The technician will regularly send emails whilst working or updating your website, just in-case you experience a few seconds delay when changing pages on your web site.
Every Friday we will send the “keyword ranking report” this information is available on the “log-in credentials” but for ease and simplicity this report is also emailed every Friday. This report accumulates your weekly ranking enabling you to compare each week to gauge the upward trend.
At any time, you can order the comprehensive “Free SEO Overview” to see exactly how your web site is performing. More importantly, it also provides you with competitors details and we compare all your optimisation statics against your competition. We are constantly producing competitor analysis as part of the optimisation process.
If you require any changes making or request a report, just visit the “live support facility” . This is the preferred method of communication. Once you have transmitted the request, it will automatically provide both parties with a ticket number. Note that we do not leave the office until ALL tickets have been closed, so you can be assured of a fast personal service.
We hope this is the start of a long and constructive business relationship. If you should feel there is any area of our business that we might improve, please send a request via live support and I will call you personally to discuss your idea.
Kind Regards
Harold Pennington
Chairman
There are a few places with Bold lettering, which makes it look suspicious, and a terrible username / password system to get in.
Be warned - this probably (I would eat my hat if it wasn't) is a scam
