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Title: hmm, another clever scam?
Post by: Sephroth57 on November 15, 2005, 11:18:45 am

i got this email supposedly from microsoft today, for a program ive never used before... at least that i remember. i never register any of this kind of crap anyway but this looks like a scam to me






Microsoft

Title: Re: hmm, another clever scam?
Post by: Ken Layton on November 15, 2005, 11:26:25 am

I would forward that email to Microsoft. It sure sounds like a spoof, especially if you don't have that software.

Title: Re: hmm, another clever scam?
Post by: ChadTower on November 15, 2005, 11:33:02 am

Just look at the url that your email actually points to in the link.  If it's a scam, it will point to something other than Microsoft.com, likely an IP address rather than a DNS entry.

Title: Re: hmm, another clever scam?
Post by: 2600 on November 15, 2005, 12:44:29 pm

I bet someone just entered the wrong email address.  The program just came out a week
or two ago so a lot of people are registering it.

Title: Re: hmm, another clever scam?
Post by: ChadTower on November 15, 2005, 01:00:10 pm

Or a friend of his used his address so Seph would get the spam.

Title: Re: hmm, another clever scam?
Post by: 2600 on November 15, 2005, 01:11:54 pm

Was it you?

Title: Re: hmm, another clever scam?
Post by: ChadTower on November 15, 2005, 01:17:49 pm

No, if I wanted to spam Seph, I'd spam in his mouth, not his inbox.

Title: Re: hmm, another clever scam?
Post by: Sephroth57 on November 15, 2005, 01:23:23 pm

sweet