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Mr.Guvernment
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 2003-06-09 16:36:50
Virus - Email from Microsoft Internet Technical Assistance
Received this today for the first time.
Outlook blocked the exe automatically, but for those who do get an exe - do not run it!! - can u say virus! - back door!
i love this part
Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies.
Why would microsoft send an email from an unmonitored email address...lol
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nebulus
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2003-06-09 16:51:50
unmonitored e-mail address... 
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You have to give this guy some credits for creativity 
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adamvjackson
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2003-06-09 22:11:22
This has been circulating for a while now. Obviously not from Microsoft.
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BladeRunner
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2003-06-10 07:28:50
Although this is a fake message and has been doing the rounds for a little while, it isn't unheard of for MS to use unmonitored e-mail accounts.
A lot of the Beta e-mail addresses are simply used to send mail messages out and replying to those messages gets you nowhere.
In fact the wording:
"Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies"
is exactly what does appear at the bottom of lots of beta related e-mail's.
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AndyFair
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2003-06-10 13:45:02
But surely the big giveaway is that the e-mail didn't actually come from Microsoft.com...?!
AndyF
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ViolentGreen
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2003-06-10 14:30:56
"But surely the big giveaway is that the e-mail didn't actually come from Microsoft.com...?!
AndyF"
That's fairly easy to fake.
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adamvjackson
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2003-06-11 00:05:25
"Although this is a fake message and has been doing the rounds for a little while, it isn't unheard of for MS to use unmonitored e-mail accounts.
A lot of the Beta e-mail addresses are simply used to send mail messages out and replying to those messages gets you nowhere.
In fact the wording:
"Please do not reply to this message. It was sent from an unmonitored e-mail address and we are unable to respond to any replies"
is exactly what does appear at the bottom of lots of beta related e-mail's."
Agreed. Actually, most all of the emails I have personally recieved from Microsoft have that added, unless it's an engineer following up on a bug report, etc.
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