Re: Strange Email from Microsoft Corporation Intenet Security Department

From: Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] (sbradcpa_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 05/13/03

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    Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 20:20:50 -0700

    Total hoax
    MS never sends emails with attachments.

    Mark wrote:

    > I keep recieving an email supposedly from Microsoft tell
    > me to run an attached program update. The email is
    > from "Microsoft Corporation Intenet Security Department".
    > This is too hinky to be real. Is there such a department?
    > Does anyone know what this is? Thanks

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