Is holts.com Safe?

LINKSPAMMERS HIRED A SEO COMPANY THAT SPAMMED LINKS ADVERTISING HOLTS ON OUR SITE WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION. "Hello Site Owner! My name is Sam Maugans and I am reaching out to you as a representative from www.holts.com . We are all at the mercy of Google, unfortunately. As Google updates their algorithm we are forced to adapt and adhere to their quality guidelines. We understand the stress this puts on webmasters, and we apologize for that inconvenience, but for our own best interest we cannot ignore Google. We have recently completed a full backlink profile audit on our site’s and have found links that were once valuable, may now have a negative effect on our internet presence. We found the following backlinks from your site: xxx Please remove the above links as well as all other links to www.holts.com These links were created by a former SEO company with whom we no longer have a relationship with. We were not aware of this link building scheme and apologize for their actions. We want to highlight the fact that this is not only an attempt to improve our website, but this will have a positive effect on your site as well. Again, we are deeply sorry for this inconvenience. Please let us know if you are willing to help us help you and remove the links listed above. We greatly appreciate your time and attention to this matter. Thank you very much! Best, Sam Maugans