Are These Links Junk?

[Kingalan1]

I hired an SEO to create incoming links to me website insisting that only white hat techniques be used. The SEO was highly recommended by a family friend. In 3 months about 14 links to my site were obtained. The URLs for the domains where the links originate are below.

I paid $8,000 for the services of the SEO provider to create the links over 4 months.

When I looked at the links more carefully I noticed that the sites did not seem to have owners. That there was no phone number, physical address and scant information about ownership. I also noticed that most pages had outgoing links of a promotional nature. Also, that content created for me had grammatical and occasional spelling errors.

The links did not look bad in terms of MOZ domain authority and MOZ page authority, but when I went subscribed to AHREFS a few days ago and evaluated the links, I noticed that the URL rating (somewhat equivalent to MOZ page authority) was really low.

Furthermore, noticed that one of the domains solicits paid links from gambling sites.

The SEO who sourced the links on my behalf says he will explain why I "have nothing to worry about".

Dividing his monthly fee by the number of links and I paid $571 per link.

Is it possible the the below domains could have pages that I would want links from? Would these links be potentially worth more than a few hundred dollars? O are these sites more like a cheap PBN or maybe "the hoth".

If the links are in fact good I would be delighted. But if they are of poor quality could I legitimately ask for a refund? Also, are these domains so bad that it is imperative for me to get the links removed?

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| https://www.equities.com |
| http://www.realestaterama.com |
| https://moneyinc.com |
| https://homebusinessmag.com |
| http://digitalconnectmag.com |
| https://suburbanfinance.com/ |
| http://www.homebunch.com |
| http://inman.com |
| https://www.propertytalk.com/ |
| http://activerain.com |
| https://www.conservativedailynews.com/ |
| http://moneyforlunch.com/ |
| http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/ |
| https://www.tgdaily.com/ |
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[JohnSammon]

Hey There!

These are great questions. Would you mind sharing your domain so I can review these backlinks and your overall backlink profile?

I can then provide better feedback.

Thanks!

John

[Kingalan1]

www.metro-manhattan.com

[julie-getonthemap]

They don't look junkie to me. On Ahrefs, Inman has a UR 80, DR 82.