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Any and all e-mails can be spoofed. The IP address the e-mails are sent from, however, cannot be spoofed. That is typically how webmails filter spam and not spam in regards to spoofed e-mails.
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December 15, 2010
8:58 AM
8:58 AM
ebony
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I received this email but when I went to the site, WOT gave me a warning that it is a bad site. It came from Office Update [info@22megaupdates.info]
The Long Awaited Office Update is Here
Dear
Valued Customer,
We are pleased to announce the newest update to Office.
Office Update Code : 5013
(link deleted)
Office
is the leading productivity software in the world for a reason. We are used by
millions around the world for our ease of use and reliability.
Update your office now for important critical updates and new features.
Office Update Code : 5013
(link deleted)
Thank
you for your time,
Mike Robertson
Office Support
December 15, 2010
9:32 AM
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Injeun
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Not sure what it is. But it pretends to be Open Office which is free anyway. And you don't need a coupon code to get the newest update. I'd stay away from it. Here's the link to the real OpenOffice web site which is not the same as the one in your link: http://www.openoffice.org/
December 15, 2010
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amnesia
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@ ebony
No it's not.
December 15, 2010
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Ashraf
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Without even seeing the links (thanks for removing them Amnesia), I can tell you that e-mail is spam/malicious/scumware.
December 15, 2010
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ebony
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Thanks all for responding.
What are you all calling a link. I gave the email address that the email was sent from. Are you calling that a link?
Ebony
December 15, 2010
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Ashraf
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I don't know. I just see (link deleted) in the OP so I assume links where deleted.
December 15, 2010
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Injeun
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You're right. They were links to a site that appeared to be the official OpenOffice site, but wasn't. The downloads on the site appeared to be for the Open Office software. Even if it was the Open Office suite of software, it probably had a virus or trojan folded into it.
December 16, 2010
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jumbi
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ebony said:
Thanks all for responding.
What are you all calling a link. I gave the email address that the email was sent from. Are you calling that a link?
Ebony
Tip:
email adresses are easily hijacked from spammers. Receiving an email from them doesn't mean its from them.
(Haven't you ever received any email from yourself that you did not send?!)
December 16, 2010
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Ashraf
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jumbi said:
Tip:
email adresses are easily hijacked from spammers. Receiving an email from them doesn't mean its from them.
(Haven't you ever received any email from yourself that you did not send?!)
Any and all e-mails can be spoofed. The IP address the e-mails are sent from, however, cannot be spoofed. That is typically how webmails filter spam and not spam in regards to spoofed e-mails.
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