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Got a new kind of backlink request!

Here’s the email:

I looked at the website where this was linked to see if I could find more info. Seems real!

I looked up the name of the lawyer, and it’s absolutely an AI-generated picture of a guy. As is every other employee of this firm:

Ernie Smith

So I look up the address, which is located on the fourth floor of its building. (Which I should note appears to be a one-floor structure in the also possibly-AI-generated lead image.)

And here’s what I find:

“Kindly understand that simply removing the image does not conclude the matter.” No, we need your backlink or we will threaten you with a lawsuit from our fourth-floor office in a single-floor building.

Love how the gavels in the AI generated logo melt

@ernie it's nuts people will go to these lengths instead of just starting a small business or volunteering at a shelter or anything else. your backlink must be potent

@ernie Maybe it's trying to be a hybrid international firm, where the US uses gavels and does not.

@Karen5Lund lol sure a law firm fits up there