Got an ad deal offer but i feel it's fake

How do you handle this kind of emails

[OldWolf]

Hi

I had an email today which only says

"Hello,

I am interested in having a text link to my site on yours - blawidgets.com . Could you please tell me how much will that cost for a period of 1 month?

Thank you"

Now this is the first time i got an email like this but i don't want to reply cause of;

Senders has no name, just a thanks
It comes from a gmail domain
Their website didn't mentioned
Ad place they want didn't mentioned
Sender contacted me via my whois info not from my website contact form .

Would you waste your time to answer this kind of emails or what ?

Thanks

[chrisv1963]

I received similar emails in the past. They simply want to buy links for SEO purposes and are afraid to reveal their identity.

[ken_b]

Would you waste your time to answer this kind of emails or what ?

No.

For all the reasons you listed.

[Rosalind]

No. You have to have some idea who you're dealing with, and if they're using your whois contact it might as well be spammers fishing for live addresses.

[OldWolf]

@chrisv1963
My that website is PR 0 , seems i forget to add that info sorry.

@ Rosalind
Thats what i thought first, i keep my whois info private and its forwarded to my main email addy.

As i thought first which i am sure now by all your input i will not answer that.

Thanks all for your answers

[uk_nem]

If I get any fishy emails for advertising I ask them to pay upfront. They will normally show their true colors at that point.

[night707]

One should not generalize.

In the same way a decent client ( no meds / casinos / debts etc ) had sent a request for a textlink which earns monthly and in advance more than 1/3 of what adsense generates on the entire site.

Simply wish, there would be more like them.