Microsoft Comp

[JonnyCam]

Well, they have my email, and my work mailing addy - don't really mind.

I also did a whois, and couldn't get to it either.
And 100 copies of Vista cost them what, $100? - including postage.

I'll take my chances (as the guy who sent it to me had already supplied my email to whoever is running it)

Found the IP address of the company where the "comp" is loacted - 202.20.64.30
WHOIS:
descr: Advantage Group E-Commerce Division
descr: 9 Wilkins Street, College Hill
descr: Auckland
country: NZ


Ta

[psycik]

yeah me too, hasn't cost me much, and IBM and MS already have my addresses anyway. What's another one..

[stustunz]

lmao i wonder why viruses cause so many problems mmm let me think
oh yes people think they are going to get something for free
can i have your visa details and your bank account number while im at it ill need your date of birth
oh yeah and your mothers maiden name

[whurlston]

A whois query results in a "Request Denied" response. The domain redirects to http://www.microsoft.com/nz/ though.

I would be willing to bet that the address in the email was spoofed. You can check the headers to determine the true origin of the email.

[JonnyCam]

MSDN / MSFN - send me stuff aksing to go to conferences, and all I was after was some software a couple of years ago

One of the least annoying "spammers"

[bgowland]

If you still have the email, view the SMTP header information then cut'n'paste it into a PM to me. I've reverse-engineered more scam e-mail than I can remember.

If you're using Outlook then you need to select the message and right-click 'Options'. Outlook Express is different -I think it's 'Properties' that shows the header. If you're not using either of those then work it out yourself.

microsoft.co.nz??? Hmm. I thought all MS domains were just microsoft.com

Cheers,
Brian

[stustunz]

all the details in where it came from will be crap
only the ip addresses will be real

[bgowland]

oh yes people think they are going to get something for free

Not that you're a cynic or anything though.

[psycik]

pm'd bgowland..

[JonnyCam]

lmao i wonder why viruses cause so many problems mmm let me think
oh yes people think they are going to get something for free
can i have your visa details and your bank account number while im at it ill need your date of birth
oh yeah and your mothers maiden name

Yeah, I would have been more dubious if they asked for DOB / CC number etc - but you seem to think that I am some bunny who hasn't used the internet before....
As I said, they have an email, and an office address - hardly the best ID fraud info....

Yeah, and I was mistaken re: microsoft.co.nz it was the microsoft.com/nz/ addy.
Also, Advantage Group - don't they own Baycorp or some other debt agency? (so maybe it is just collecting info)