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PhilipMarlowe

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LAST CHANCE TO BUY 8 1/2 MILLION BUSINESS TO BUSINESS DATABASE!!

Our 3.0 Version Database Will Go Online and Sell For 2.5 to 25 Cents Per Record in early Febuary! (Extended Due to Delays From The 1st)

For more details on Database, please call:

#954.340.1628 (US & International)


You can now access contact data for over 8.5 Million Records. All of them have their own .com .org or .net domain name, making them serious prospects for Internet business.

Our data base readily accessible on CD-Rom, list the Names, Contact Information, Physical Address, Phone #, Fax #, SIC Industry Code, URL (Domain Name), and Contact Email Address which you can use to efficiently target companies worldwide.

Over 8.5 Million Physical Addresses let you target businesses by Country, State, City, Province, Zip Code, Area Code or by using the SIC Industry Code. The data comes in a Comma-Delimited ASCII format which makes it easy to manipulate and Import/Export records to your Contact-Management, Spreadsheet, analysis and Broadcasting Applications.

We'd be happy to give you rough counts for your industry target market. We also build databases to order and carry more than a dozen other data bases both Domestic and International ( B2B and B2C).

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What we offer is simple:

*General Lists or other ISPs

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#250,000 \tab Emails\tab\tab $995.00
#500,000\tab Emails\tab\tab $1,495.00
#1,000,000\tab Emails\tab\tab $2,495.00
#2,500,000\tab Emails\tab\tab $4,995.00
#5,000,000+\tab Emails\tab\tab (Call for Quote)

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Please send me more info about:

[ ] Master Disc 2000 8.5 Million Records, Cost US$799.00
[ ] Online Updates & Download Access Cost US$199.00 (Annually)
[ ] Commercial Email Services & Products

Note: Not all records contain complete data, call for breakdowns.

For more details on Database, please call:

#954.340.1628 (US & International)

or fax form below to:
#954.753.2846

(Make Sure To Mention Reseller Id #1429 When Calling)


Company name: ___________________________________________


Web Site Url: ___________________________________________


Contact name: ___________________________________________


Email: __________________________________________________


Phone: __________________________________________________


Fax: ___________________________________________________


Street address: _________________________________________


City, Zip, State: _______________________________________


Country: ________________________________________________


Check the following that apply:

_____\tab Please Notify Me Of Online Web Site & Register Me For Access Using The Information Above.


Also Please, Send Additional Information on:

_____\tab Online Adult & Gaming Owner/Operaters
_____\tab Online Adult Subscribers & Online Gamers Databases
_____\tab Online Billing/Credit Card Processing
_____\tab Emailing Services and Databases
_____\tab Search Engine Positioning
_____\tab International Contact Lists
_____\tab Buying / Selling Traffic
_____\tab Web Site Hosting Services
_____\tab Internet Bandwidth Services (T-1's Starting at $999.00)
_____\tab Other:_______________________________


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