To other bloggers, if you receive an email like this don’t respond, I am pretty sure it is SPAM.

When we googled the name of the company, the only thing we found was something in Romania. When I emailed them to send me a phone number, I never heard back. Today I got another one for the Brooklyn Reading Works blog.

We have reviewed your blog at onlytheblogknowsbrooklyn.com,
on behalf of one of our clients that would be interested in placing
advertising with you.

We’d like either a 150×150 button, 160×600 skyscraper or 468×60 full
banner (or footer). Alternatively, we may be interested in text-only
advertising.

This would be a weekly, monthly or yearly arrangement. In either case we will require a one time, one day (24 hours) free placement in order to test the quality and quantity of traffic your website can actually
provide*. Within this interval, we will make a final determination, based on the traffic volume, quality, and your asking price. Should we find your terms acceptable, this trial day will count towards the
agreed interval.

Kindly let us know if you would be interested, which arrangement best
suits your editorial needs, and what rates you would like to charge.
We prefer using PayPal but may be able to accomodate alternative
payment methods.

Thank you.

*Please note that we employ software that reliably detects autoclick
and autosurf bots, pay per click and paid to surf type traffic, and
other such non-human traffic. This may be a concern for you,
especially if you are buying “bulk traffic”, or employing the
services of dubious “SEO experts”.