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   Falco to Mark Opolo   
   Re: Spoof or what....   
   01 May 10 15:04:29   
   
   From: titan@runnny-honney......invalid.com   
      
   Mark Opolo wrote:   
   > "Nil"  wrote in message   
   > news:Xns9D6ABDB5546ADnilch1@130.133.4.11...   
   >> On 30 Apr 2010, "Mark Opolo"  wrote in   
   >> alt.os.windows-xp:   
   >>   
   >>> Just received in my email..........I suggest you do not click any   
   >>> of the links   
   >>   
   >> The message as you have quoted it is not enough to say whether its   
   >> legitimate or not. We would need to see the headers. If the message   
   >> is displayed to you in fancy HTML format, the links, although they   
   >> appear here to point to Microsoft's site, could actually take you   
   >> somewhere else.   
   >>   
   >> XP Service Pack 3 is real, but it's been out for for a couple of   
   >> years and I don't know why Microsoft would be telling you about it   
   >> now, especially in an unsolicited email.   
   >>   
   >> I'm suspicious.   
   >   
   > Yes, so am I.   
   >   
   > I have other emails addresses running under XP SP3 and they have not   
   > received the email if it's so important.   
      
   So where does that e-mail appear to come from, show the headers please.   
      
   Falco   
      
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