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Author Topic: hmm, another clever scam?  (Read 1020 times)

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hmm, another clever scam?
« 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






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Re: hmm, another clever scam?
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: hmm, another clever scam?
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: hmm, another clever scam?
« Reply #3 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.

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Re: hmm, another clever scam?
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2005, 01:00:10 pm »

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

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Re: hmm, another clever scam?
« Reply #5 on: November 15, 2005, 01:11:54 pm »
Was it you?

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Re: hmm, another clever scam?
« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2005, 01:17:49 pm »

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

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Re: hmm, another clever scam?
« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2005, 01:23:23 pm »
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