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Title: Quick outlook q...
Post by: 05omegav6 on 13 January 2015, 09:40:18
Would it be fair to assume that any 'Microsoft' email that starts with...

Dear Outlook.com customer is faecal waste and should be treated as such :-\
Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 13 January 2015, 09:42:51
Would imagine so... Microsoft have your name, and would presumably use it in any email. If in doubt do what I do - open any suspicious mail on a work computer, rather than my own laptop.  :D
Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: 05omegav6 on 13 January 2015, 09:47:47
It was in my inbox, summat about needing to upgrade my storage? Was suggesting that I needed to upgrade my account and that it was a final notification or some such rubbish :D

This is my convinced face:  :-\...

Nuked it anyway ;D
Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: Shackeng on 13 January 2015, 09:54:44
Reminds me, a friend's computer got infected recently and sent out the old scam e-mail " I'm stranded/injured/mugged in Cairo/Hanoi/HongKong please send cash..."  to everyone on his list. His sister - who works in IT - sent $3000!!!
Luckily they managed to get it back from the Western Union Office it had been sent to. :o :o :o

I am amazed people still fall for it. :-X :y
Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: Diamond Black Geezer on 13 January 2015, 09:56:51
Have you got this woman's email address, please?? I have an Omega restoration that needs funding!  :D


Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: Shackeng on 13 January 2015, 10:08:00
Have you got this woman's email address, please?? I have an Omega restoration that needs funding!  :D

 ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: Kevin Wood on 13 January 2015, 10:08:50
Would it be fair to assume that any 'Microsoft' email that starts with...

Dear Outlook.com customer is faecal waste and should be treated as such :-\

Well, it's either come from Microsoft or a spammer, so... ::)
Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: Gaffers on 13 January 2015, 13:28:08
For future reference if you can send me the email header and HTML in text format I can analyse it against known signatures and check any embedded URLs for known phishing/malware sites.

If unknown I can run it and figure out if it is malicious or not :y
Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: 05omegav6 on 13 January 2015, 15:05:22
For future reference if you can send me the email header and HTML in text format I can analyse it against known signatures and check any embedded URLs for known phishing/malware sites.

If unknown I can run it and figure out if it is malicious or not :y
Pm incoming :y
Title: Re: Quick outlook q...
Post by: TheBoy on 13 January 2015, 18:10:46
There is a spate of them going around currently.

As guffers says, a quick glance at headers will confirm authenticity