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I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It begins:



=start=============

From: [surveysitemail(dot)com email address]

Microsoft is conducting a study about a new offering and is interested in your opinion.



If you participate in this study, you may enter a contest to win one of five (5) $100

Amazon gift ceritificates.



Participate Now!

To participate, click the following URL: [securestudies(dot)com URL]



(blah blah blah)

Stop Sending Me This Type of E-mail!

If you prefer not to receive e-mail invitations to participate in comScore market

research on behalf of Microsoft, please please use this form:

[mailingsvcs(dot)com URL]

=end=============

The above is a cut/paste.



1. Notice that "certificates" is spelled wrong.

2. Notice duplicate words near the end in "please please use this form".



There is a MS link in the email, but it's not clear from that link whether this stupid

email is legit or not.



My antispam program is MailWasher Pro, and it's pretty damn near 100% effectve at

spotting spam. It firmly stamped this email as spam.



But is this legit? It seems almost criminally stupid to assume that Microsoft couldn't

conduct their own survey or manage their own mailing list, right? Especially since my

email preferences with Microsoft specifically state that I DO NOT want MS to share my

email address with 3rd parties (and yes, I am meticulous about these things).



If this IS from MS, they've now shared my contact information with three companies that

can't spell (surveysitemail, securestudies, and mailingsvcs DOTcom)



Can anyone verify this as legit, or disgustingly spammy? Has Microsoft cheerfully

violated my privacy?



Thanks to anyone that can help!!!
 
delete it, puzzle gone



"Toni" wrote in message

news:e9ehipnqKHA.5116@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It

>begins:

>

> =start=============

> From: [surveysitemail(dot)com email address]

> Microsoft is conducting a study about a new offering and is interested in

> your opinion.

>

> If you participate in this study, you may enter a contest to win one of

> five (5) $100 Amazon gift ceritificates.

>

> Participate Now!

> To participate, click the following URL: [securestudies(dot)com URL]

>

> (blah blah blah)

> Stop Sending Me This Type of E-mail!

> If you prefer not to receive e-mail invitations to participate in comScore

> market research on behalf of Microsoft, please please use this form:

> [mailingsvcs(dot)com URL]

> =end=============

> The above is a cut/paste.

>

> 1. Notice that "certificates" is spelled wrong.

> 2. Notice duplicate words near the end in "please please use this form".

>

> There is a MS link in the email, but it's not clear from that link whether

> this stupid email is legit or not.

>

> My antispam program is MailWasher Pro, and it's pretty damn near 100%

> effectve at spotting spam. It firmly stamped this email as spam.

>

> But is this legit? It seems almost criminally stupid to assume that

> Microsoft couldn't conduct their own survey or manage their own mailing

> list, right? Especially since my email preferences with Microsoft

> specifically state that I DO NOT want MS to share my email address with

> 3rd parties (and yes, I am meticulous about these things).

>

> If this IS from MS, they've now shared my contact information with three

> companies that can't spell (surveysitemail, securestudies, and mailingsvcs

> DOTcom)

>

> Can anyone verify this as legit, or disgustingly spammy? Has Microsoft

> cheerfully violated my privacy?

>

> Thanks to anyone that can help!!!

>

>

>
 
Toni wrote:

> I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It begins:



Spam. Delete it. Forget it. Move on.



--

C
 
Toni wrote:

> I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It begins:

>

> =start=============

> From: [surveysitemail(dot)com email address]

> Microsoft is conducting a study about a new offering and is interested in your opinion.

>

> If you participate in this study, you may enter a contest to win one of five (5) $100

> Amazon gift ceritificates.

>

> Participate Now!

> To participate, click the following URL: [securestudies(dot)com URL]

>

> (blah blah blah)

> Stop Sending Me This Type of E-mail!

> If you prefer not to receive e-mail invitations to participate in comScore market

> research on behalf of Microsoft, please please use this form:

> [mailingsvcs(dot)com URL]

> =end=============

> The above is a cut/paste.

>

> 1. Notice that "certificates" is spelled wrong.

> 2. Notice duplicate words near the end in "please please use this form".

>

> There is a MS link in the email, but it's not clear from that link whether this stupid

> email is legit or not.

>

> My antispam program is MailWasher Pro, and it's pretty damn near 100% effectve at

> spotting spam. It firmly stamped this email as spam.

>

> But is this legit? It seems almost criminally stupid to assume that Microsoft couldn't

> conduct their own survey or manage their own mailing list, right? Especially since my

> email preferences with Microsoft specifically state that I DO NOT want MS to share my

> email address with 3rd parties (and yes, I am meticulous about these things).

>

> If this IS from MS, they've now shared my contact information with three companies that

> can't spell (surveysitemail, securestudies, and mailingsvcs DOTcom)

>

> Can anyone verify this as legit, or disgustingly spammy? Has Microsoft cheerfully

> violated my privacy?

>

> Thanks to anyone that can help!!!

>

>

>



Of course it's spam.



A good, but not 100% perfect, place to check out websites:

http://www.siteadvisor.com/ (run by McAfee)

And see in the comments about the securestudies site concerning comScore



As for "sharing your contact information," you've now done that with the

entire Internet by posting here using your unmunged email address.



--

Lem



Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
 
"Lem" wrote...

:

> As for "sharing your contact information," you've now done that with the entire

> Internet by posting here using your unmunged email address.



No, I haven't :)
 
It's spam and *not* from MS. As 'strange' as MS can be sometimes, they

will *not* share your email address with 3rd parties if you choose that

option.

However, they will use 3rd parties for surveys but notify you in advance

and state that said 3rd parties are partners, not 3rd parties. Those

'partners' will *never* contact you without MS being involved and

*never* share your information with another party.

And, if MS does run a survey, they will offer some form of compensation

in return, not a limited amount of prizes.



MowGreen

================

* -343-* FDNY

Never Forgotten

================



banthecheck.com

"Security updates should *never* have *non-security content* prechecked







Toni wrote:

> I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It begins:

>

> =start=============

> From: [surveysitemail(dot)com email address]

> Microsoft is conducting a study about a new offering and is interested in your opinion.

>

> If you participate in this study, you may enter a contest to win one of five (5) $100

> Amazon gift ceritificates.

>

> Participate Now!

> To participate, click the following URL: [securestudies(dot)com URL]

>

> (blah blah blah)

> Stop Sending Me This Type of E-mail!

> If you prefer not to receive e-mail invitations to participate in comScore market

> research on behalf of Microsoft, please please use this form:

> [mailingsvcs(dot)com URL]

> =end=============

> The above is a cut/paste.

>

> 1. Notice that "certificates" is spelled wrong.

> 2. Notice duplicate words near the end in "please please use this form".

>

> There is a MS link in the email, but it's not clear from that link whether this stupid

> email is legit or not.

>

> My antispam program is MailWasher Pro, and it's pretty damn near 100% effectve at

> spotting spam. It firmly stamped this email as spam.

>

> But is this legit? It seems almost criminally stupid to assume that Microsoft couldn't

> conduct their own survey or manage their own mailing list, right? Especially since my

> email preferences with Microsoft specifically state that I DO NOT want MS to share my

> email address with 3rd parties (and yes, I am meticulous about these things).

>

> If this IS from MS, they've now shared my contact information with three companies that

> can't spell (surveysitemail, securestudies, and mailingsvcs DOTcom)

>

> Can anyone verify this as legit, or disgustingly spammy? Has Microsoft cheerfully

> violated my privacy?

>

> Thanks to anyone that can help!!!

>

>

>
 
No Toni, it's not from Microsoft. Almost nothing that arrives in the

emailbox these days is from legitimate companies unless you already were

expecting it.







"Toni" wrote in message

news:e9ehipnqKHA.5116@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It

> begins:

>

> =start=============

> From: [surveysitemail(dot)com email address]

> Microsoft is conducting a study about a new offering and is interested in

> your opinion.

>

> If you participate in this study, you may enter a contest to win one of

> five (5) $100 Amazon gift ceritificates.

>

> Participate Now!

> To participate, click the following URL: [securestudies(dot)com URL]

>

> (blah blah blah)

> Stop Sending Me This Type of E-mail!

> If you prefer not to receive e-mail invitations to participate in comScore

> market research on behalf of Microsoft, please please use this form:

> [mailingsvcs(dot)com URL]

> =end=============

> The above is a cut/paste.

>

> 1. Notice that "certificates" is spelled wrong.

> 2. Notice duplicate words near the end in "please please use this form".

>

> There is a MS link in the email, but it's not clear from that link whether

> this stupid email is legit or not.

>

> My antispam program is MailWasher Pro, and it's pretty damn near 100%

> effectve at spotting spam. It firmly stamped this email as spam.

>

> But is this legit? It seems almost criminally stupid to assume that

> Microsoft couldn't conduct their own survey or manage their own mailing

> list, right? Especially since my email preferences with Microsoft

> specifically state that I DO NOT want MS to share my email address with

> 3rd parties (and yes, I am meticulous about these things).

>

> If this IS from MS, they've now shared my contact information with three

> companies that can't spell (surveysitemail, securestudies, and mailingsvcs

> DOTcom)

>

> Can anyone verify this as legit, or disgustingly spammy? Has Microsoft

> cheerfully violated my privacy?

>

> Thanks to anyone that can help!!!

>

>

>
 
In news:e9ehipnqKHA.5116@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl,

Toni typed:



> I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It

> begins:

>

> =start=============

> From: [surveysitemail(dot)com email address]



Registrant:

Comscore, Inc

11950 Democracy Dr.

Suite 600

Reston, VA 20190

US

Domain Name: SURVEYSITEMAIL.COM



> Participate Now!



An exclamation mark urging action is a sure sign of spam.



> To participate, click the following URL: [securestudies(dot)com URL]



Registrant:

TMRG, INC.

11950 Democracy Dr.

Suite 600

Reston, VA 20190

US

Domain Name: SECURESTUDIES.COM



> this form: [mailingsvcs(dot)com URL]



Registrant:

TMRG, INC.

11950 Democracy Dr.

Suite 600

Reston, VA 20190

US

Domain Name: MAILINGSVCS.COM



> But is this legit?



3 different domains, 5th-grade grammar and even lesser spelling ... sounds

like they've almost got you on the hook, and now you're asking anyone from a

group of strangers here whether it's "legit"? If someone said "OK" would you

actually submit the form?



> It seems almost criminally stupid to assume that

> Microsoft couldn't conduct their own survey or manage their own

> mailing list, right?



Riiiiiiiight ... maybe there's hope for you after all.
 
In news:u$69J3nqKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,

Toni typed:



>> As for "sharing your contact information," you've now done that with

>> the entire Internet by posting here using your unmunged email

>> address.

>

> No, I haven't :)



You used a valid domain "yahoo.com", so any local address associated with

that domain, even if you just "made it up", is almost ceratin to generate

spam for someone totally unaware that you posted their email address in

Usenet.



Use an invalid RHS (right-hand-side) domain such as example if your email

client demands an email address.
 
I wrote:



....

> Use an invalid RHS (right-hand-side) domain such as example if your

> email client demands an email address.



That should be "such as example.com".
 
I signed up. I'm waiting for the gift cerItificate in addition to the

fraction of several million US$ from a Nigerian prince. I can finally retire

early. How cool is that? The internet is so awesome!



"Toni" wrote in message

news:e9ehipnqKHA.5116@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It

>begins:

>

> =start=============

> From: [surveysitemail(dot)com email address]

> Microsoft is conducting a study about a new offering and is interested in

> your opinion.

>

> If you participate in this study, you may enter a contest to win one of

> five (5) $100 Amazon gift ceritificates.

>

> Participate Now!

> To participate, click the following URL: [securestudies(dot)com URL]

>

> (blah blah blah)

> Stop Sending Me This Type of E-mail!

> If you prefer not to receive e-mail invitations to participate in comScore

> market research on behalf of Microsoft, please please use this form:

> [mailingsvcs(dot)com URL]

> =end=============

> The above is a cut/paste.

>

> 1. Notice that "certificates" is spelled wrong.

> 2. Notice duplicate words near the end in "please please use this form".

>

> There is a MS link in the email, but it's not clear from that link whether

> this stupid email is legit or not.

>

> My antispam program is MailWasher Pro, and it's pretty damn near 100%

> effectve at spotting spam. It firmly stamped this email as spam.

>

> But is this legit? It seems almost criminally stupid to assume that

> Microsoft couldn't conduct their own survey or manage their own mailing

> list, right? Especially since my email preferences with Microsoft

> specifically state that I DO NOT want MS to share my email address with

> 3rd parties (and yes, I am meticulous about these things).

>

> If this IS from MS, they've now shared my contact information with three

> companies that can't spell (surveysitemail, securestudies, and mailingsvcs

> DOTcom)

>

> Can anyone verify this as legit, or disgustingly spammy? Has Microsoft

> cheerfully violated my privacy?

>

> Thanks to anyone that can help!!!

>

>

>
 
You've just joe jobbed toni24. Some poor fella with that address may be

suffering from your action, if the address exists.



"Toni" wrote in message

news:u$69J3nqKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> "Lem" wrote...

> :

>> As for "sharing your contact information," you've now done that with the

>> entire Internet by posting here using your unmunged email address.

>

> No, I haven't :)

>

>
 
In news:u$69J3nqKHA.1796@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,

Toni typed:

> "Lem" wrote...

>>

>> As for "sharing your contact information," you've now done that with

>> the entire Internet by posting here using your unmunged email

>> address.

>

> No, I haven't :)



If Toni24@yahoo.com isn't YOUR address, it IS someone's address, so chances

are excellent you have just exposed an innocent bystander to the world to

get spam. That's a very rude and abhorrant practice and you need to consider

stopping it immediately. If toni24 should come across your admission, I can

only guess what they'll do for you re spam or reputation.



Please grow up and get an address that's intended for such use. Do NOT make

up names. You can always use invalid@invalid.inv or one of the thousands of

others maintained for just this specific use.

--

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered

through personal experience does not become a

part of the moral tissue.
 
In news:OHIGsPoqKHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,

Twayne typed:



>> No, I haven't :)

>

> If Toni24@yyyyy.con isn't YOUR address, it IS someone's address, so

> chances are excellent you have just exposed an innocent bystander to

> the world to get spam. That's a very rude and abhorrant practice and

> you need to consider stopping it immediately.



But it's alright for *you* to once again expose that innocent bystander?

Hypocrite ...
 
Greg Russell wrote:

> In news:OHIGsPoqKHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,

> Twayne typed:

>

>>> No, I haven't :)

>> If Toni24@yyyyy.con isn't YOUR address, it IS someone's address, so

>> chances are excellent you have just exposed an innocent bystander to

>> the world to get spam. That's a very rude and abhorrant practice and

>> you need to consider stopping it immediately.

>

> But it's alright for *you* to once again expose that innocent bystander?

> Hypocrite ...

>

>



So *you* think that yyyyy.con (with an "n") is a valid domain?



--

Lem



Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
 
Lem wrote:

> Greg Russell wrote:

>

>> In news:OHIGsPoqKHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,

>> Twayne typed:

>>

>>>> No, I haven't :)

>>>

>>> If Toni24@yyyyy.con isn't YOUR address, it IS someone's address, so

>>> chances are excellent you have just exposed an innocent bystander to

>>> the world to get spam. That's a very rude and abhorrant practice and

>>> you need to consider stopping it immediately.

>>

>>

>> But it's alright for *you* to once again expose that innocent bystander?

>> Hypocrite ...

>>

>>

>

> So *you* think that yyyyy.con (with an "n") is a valid domain?

>



Greg munged it, Twayne didn't.
 
He changed a possible valid address to an invalid address. Why do you ask

such a question??

wrote in message

news:OYAal1oqKHA.1800@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> Greg Russell wrote:

>> In news:OHIGsPoqKHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,

>> Twayne typed:

>>

>>>> No, I haven't :)

>>> If Toni24@yyyyy.con isn't YOUR address, it IS someone's address, so

>>> chances are excellent you have just exposed an innocent bystander to

>>> the world to get spam. That's a very rude and abhorrant practice and

>>> you need to consider stopping it immediately.

>>

>> But it's alright for *you* to once again expose that innocent bystander?

>> Hypocrite ...

>>

>>

>

> So *you* think that yyyyy.con (with an "n") is a valid domain?

>

> --

> Lem

>

> Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
 
Bob I wrote:

>

>

> Lem wrote:

>> Greg Russell wrote:

>>

>>> In news:OHIGsPoqKHA.3464@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl,

>>> Twayne typed:

>>>

>>>>> No, I haven't :)

>>>>

>>>> If Toni24@yyyyy.con isn't YOUR address, it IS someone's address, so

>>>> chances are excellent you have just exposed an innocent bystander to

>>>> the world to get spam. That's a very rude and abhorrant practice and

>>>> you need to consider stopping it immediately.

>>>

>>>

>>> But it's alright for *you* to once again expose that innocent bystander?

>>> Hypocrite ...

>>>

>>>

>>

>> So *you* think that yyyyy.con (with an "n") is a valid domain?

>>

>

> Greg munged it, Twayne didn't.

>



I stand corrected.



--

Lem



Apollo 11 - 40 years ago:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/40th/index.html
 
In news:OYAal1oqKHA.1800@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,

Lem typed:



>>>> No, I haven't :)

>>> If Toni24@yyyyy.con isn't YOUR address, it IS someone's address, so

>>> chances are excellent you have just exposed an innocent bystander to

>>> the world to get spam. That's a very rude and abhorrant practice and

>>> you need to consider stopping it immediately.

>>

>> But it's alright for *you* to once again expose that innocent

>> bystander? Hypocrite ...

>

> So *you* think that yyyyy.con (with an "n") is a valid domain?



No, I don't ... the enitre point of this exercise is to *NOT* use a valid

domain when munging ones email address. That way, when the spammers harvest

email addresses from Usenet, the invalid domains just generate useless,

non-routable traffic for the spammers' smtp transactions instead of

"joe-jobbing" any innocent bystander as the OP has the likelihood of having

done.



"Let's put on our thinking caps" seems to be a valid admonishment for such a

response as yours.
 
Are you also in the market for a bridge?



Toni wrote:

> I received an email today, allegedly from Microsoft, for a study. It

> begins:

>

> =start=============

> From: [surveysitemail(dot)com email address]

> Microsoft is conducting a study about a new offering and is interested in

> your opinion.

> If you participate in this study, you may enter a contest to win one of

> five (5) $100 Amazon gift ceritificates.

>

> Participate Now!

> To participate, click the following URL: [securestudies(dot)com URL]

>

> (blah blah blah)

> Stop Sending Me This Type of E-mail!

> If you prefer not to receive e-mail invitations to participate in comScore

> market research on behalf of Microsoft, please please use this form:

> [mailingsvcs(dot)com URL]

> =end=============

> The above is a cut/paste.

>

> 1. Notice that "certificates" is spelled wrong.

> 2. Notice duplicate words near the end in "please please use this form".

>

> There is a MS link in the email, but it's not clear from that link whether

> this stupid email is legit or not.

>

> My antispam program is MailWasher Pro, and it's pretty damn near 100%

> effectve at spotting spam. It firmly stamped this email as spam.

>

> But is this legit? It seems almost criminally stupid to assume that

> Microsoft couldn't conduct their own survey or manage their own mailing

> list, right? Especially since my email preferences with Microsoft

> specifically state that I DO NOT want MS to share my email address with

> 3rd

> parties (and yes, I am meticulous about these things).

> If this IS from MS, they've now shared my contact information with three

> companies that can't spell (surveysitemail, securestudies, and mailingsvcs

> DOTcom)

> Can anyone verify this as legit, or disgustingly spammy? Has Microsoft

> cheerfully violated my privacy?

>

> Thanks to anyone that can help!!!
 
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