Nigerian scam through microsoft.com?

Posted By: Rd_Falcon | Dec 6th, 2008 @ 3:32 PM
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#Dec 6th, 2008 @ 3:32 PM
Rd_Falcon
Rd_Falcon
I just got a scam email, and the email address that it came from is "msl at microsoft.com."  How were they able to pull that one off?  Though I am supposed to reply to a gmail account despite this email being sent from a microsoft account...
#Dec 6th, 2008 @ 3:36 PM
CannotResolveSymbol
CannotResolveSymbol
{insert caption here}
From: addresses are trivial to forge in email.
#Dec 6th, 2008 @ 3:58 PM
Rd_Falcon
Rd_Falcon
Oh, I didn't realize it was that easy to do.  Atleast Outlook's spam filter was able to catch it.
#Dec 6th, 2008 @ 9:36 PM
cryptozeus
cryptozeus
easy if you know smtp class inside and out Smiley
#Dec 7th, 2008 @ 12:39 AM
TommyCarlier
TommyCarlier
I want my scalps!
When I was in college, we learned to send and receive e-mail (SMTP and POP3) using only telnet, typing in the commands. That was fun and pretty easy.
#Dec 7th, 2008 @ 3:32 AM
stevo_
stevo_
Human after all
Heh, we did that a couple of years ago while we were trying to trick our isp into relaying emails for us without validating our authentication.. this might sound really dodgy, but some isps in the uk will force you to register your domain addresses with them in under for you to even use them (not even using their smtp).

Smtp relay servers are quite friendly Smiley
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