[davemel37]

I sympathize with OP but want to make Two corrections -

1. It wasn't an SEO company, it was a Scam Artist impersonating an SEO company... let's not throw out the baby with the bath water.

2. It wasn't an attempted growth hack. It is a racket and should be called that. In fact, every growth hacker out there will insist that "putting users first" and "creating a sticky product" is growth hacking...not scamming people.