A seller has reported receiving persistent unsolicited emails (5–10 per day) from GNO Partners, a Tel Aviv–based company, that appear to be part of a data scraping operation targeting seller contact information. The poster also notes that when they left a critical review on Trustpilot flagging this harassment, the company allegedly filed false removal requests claiming hate speech, racism, and terrorism — none of which were present in the original review.
This type of aggressive spam and review suppression is a growing nuisance in the seller community. Awareness of predatory third-party vendors can help you protect your inbox and reputation.
Key Takeaways
- Unsolicited mass email campaigns: GNO Partners is actively harvesting seller email addresses from public databases and sending bulk cold outreach.
- Review manipulation: When called out, the company allegedly files false Trustpilot removal requests using inflammatory language unrelated to the original complaint.
- Data scraping concerns: Their business model appears built on collecting and reselling seller contact data without consent, potentially violating GDPR and similar regulations.
How Squatio Helps
While Squatio’s core focus is Amazon FBA analytics and research, maintaining clean supplier and vendor hygiene is part of sound business management. Prospect (Product Database) can help you identify legitimate sourcing partners and market trends, reducing your reliance on cold outreach from dubious third parties. By building a curated network of trusted suppliers through data-driven research rather than unsolicited vendor spam, you protect both your inbox and your compliance standing.
What to Do
- Mark unsolicited emails from unknown data brokers as spam or report them to your email provider.
- Do not engage with vendors using aggressive or deceptive sourcing tactics.
- If you encounter similar behavior, document it and report to Trustpilot, your email provider, and relevant data protection authorities (GDPR, CCPA, etc.).
- Share warnings in community forums like this one to protect other sellers.
Have you received similar spam campaigns from data vendors? What’s your go-to method for filtering unsolicited B2B outreach?
Source: Reddit