Don't fall for "Windows copy Piracy Protection" fraud email

Don't fall for "Windows copy Piracy Protection" fraud email: Posted by Don Taylor on September 25th, 2005; This is the first "Windows piracy protection" fraud mail I've seen.

The little net vandal is using
http://m a i l h o s t.a n c 2 0 0 0.co.uk/www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx.php
(where I have inserted those spaces to keep you from accidentally
getting sucked into this fraud)

Yet one more little net vandal out there trying to hijack your system.

Reported to all the appropriate abuse addresses

>From softwarepiracy@microsoft.com Sun Sep 25 01:31:31 2005
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Attention Windows customer

Microsoft is committed to the protection of intellectual property rights 
and the reduction of software piracy. Everyone in the economic chain-not 
just the software manufacturer-is hurt by piracy, including the reseller, 
the support provider, and you, the end user. Authentic Microsoft software 
assures you of high-quality, virus-free software. Pirated software does not. 

Microsoft Windows product activation works by verifying that a software 
program's product key has not been used on more personal computers than 
intended by the software's license. You must use the product key in order 
to install the software and then it is transformed into an product ID number. 

Microsoft have indication that your product key is registered on personal 
computers not intended in software license. This is in violation of Microsoft 
software piracy terms of use.

You have a week grace period in which to activate your Windows product key. 
If the grace period expires and you have not completed activation your 
Windows copy will become illegal. Software piracy is the illegal reproduction 
and distribution of software applications, whether for business or personal use. 
Software piracy is criminal and Microsoft do not tolerate such activity. 

Microsoft Windows product activation takes less than one minute when 
completed over the Internet. If activation is completed in this way, 
the product will take care of most of the work and will require very little 
user participation and knowlage. 

<a href="http://m a i l h o s t.a n c 2 0 0 0.co.uk/www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx.php">http://www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx</a> 

During activation, you can also register your copy of Windows. 
Registration is not required; however registering your copy ensures 
that you receive product support, product update information, and other benefits. 
The process registration takes only a few minutes to complete. 
Personal information (for example, "contact" information such as an email address) 
is required if you decide to register. 

================================================== =========== 
This e-mail is intended for distribution within the United States. 
Please contact your local Microsoft Subsidiary for similar offerings outside the U.S. 

Microsoft Corporation 
One Microsoft Way 
Redmond, WA 98052 

(c)2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, 
MSDN, the MSDN logo and SQL Server are either registered 
trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United 
States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and 
products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their 
respective owners. ; Posted by Vincent Lape on September 25th, 2005; that is cute. It would be nice if these kids could put all that energy into
a legit business or education.
"Don Taylor" <dont@agora.rdrop.com> wrote in message
news:laydnWtrvOrGcKveRVn-oQ@scnresearch.com...
> This is the first "Windows piracy protection" fraud mail I've seen.
>
> The little net vandal is using
> http://m a i l h o s t.a n c 2 0 0
> 0.co.uk/www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx.php
> (where I have inserted those spaces to keep you from accidentally
> getting sucked into this fraud)
>
> Yet one more little net vandal out there trying to hijack your system.
>
> Reported to all the appropriate abuse addresses
>
>>From softwarepiracy@microsoft.com Sun Sep 25 01:31:31 2005
> Return-Path: <softwarepiracy@microsoft.com>
> Received: from eastrmmtai10.cox.net (eastrmmtai10.cox.net [68.230.240.49])
> by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j8P8VTEt021564
> for <dont@agora.rdrop.com>; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:31:30 -0700 (PDT)
> (envelope-from softwarepiracy@microsoft.com)
> Received: from Microsoft ([68.9.177.196]) by eastrmmtao03.cox.net
> (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP
> id <20050925075917.TZVK2767.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@Micr osoft>;
> Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:59:17 -0400
> From: "Microsoft Corporation"<softwarepiracy@microsoft.com>
> Subject: Windows copy Piracy Protection
> Reply-To: softwarepiracy@microsoft.com
> X-Priority: 3
> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
> Organization: Microsoft
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1251"
> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:00:24 +0300
> Message-Id: <20050925075917.TZVK2767.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@Micr osoft>
> Status: R
> X-Status:
> X-Keywords:
>
> Attention Windows customer
> 
> Microsoft is committed to the protection of intellectual property
> rights 
> and the reduction of software piracy. Everyone in the economic
> chain-not 
> just the software manufacturer-is hurt by piracy, including the
> reseller, 
> the support provider, and you, the end user. Authentic Microsoft
> software 
> assures you of high-quality, virus-free software. Pirated software does
> not. 
> 
> Microsoft Windows product activation works by verifying that a
> software 
> program's product key has not been used on more personal computers
> than 
> intended by the software's license. You must use the product key in
> order 
> to install the software and then it is transformed into an product ID
> number. 
> 
> Microsoft have indication that your product key is registered on
> personal 
> computers not intended in software license. This is in violation of
> Microsoft 
> software piracy terms of use.
> 
> You have a week grace period in which to activate your Windows product
> key. 
> If the grace period expires and you have not completed activation your 
> Windows copy will become illegal. Software piracy is the illegal
> reproduction 
> and distribution of software applications, whether for business or
> personal use. 
> Software piracy is criminal and Microsoft do not tolerate such
> activity. 
> 
> Microsoft Windows product activation takes less than one minute when 
> completed over the Internet. If activation is completed in this way, 
> the product will take care of most of the work and will require very
> little 
> user participation and knowlage. 
> 
> <a href="http://m a i l h o s t.a n c 2 0 0
> 0.co.uk/www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx.php">http://www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx</a> 
> 
> During activation, you can also register your copy of Windows. 
> Registration is not required; however registering your copy ensures 
> that you receive product support, product update information, and other
> benefits. 
> The process registration takes only a few minutes to complete. 
> Personal information (for example, "contact" information such as an email
> address) 
> is required if you decide to register. 
> 
> ================================================== =========== 
> This e-mail is intended for distribution within the United States. 
> Please contact your local Microsoft Subsidiary for similar offerings
> outside the U.S. 
> 
> Microsoft Corporation 
> One Microsoft Way 
> Redmond, WA 98052 
> 
> (c)2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, 
> MSDN, the MSDN logo and SQL Server are either registered 
> trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United 
> States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and 
> products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their 
> respective owners. 
>; Posted by Don Taylor on September 26th, 2005; "Vincent Lape" <vlape@news.postalias> writes:
>that is cute. It would be nice if these kids could put all that energy into
>a legit business or education.

Now wait just a minute, where do you think the energy that drove Worldcom
and Enron fraud came from? And they were "legit businesses" gaffaw!

>"Don Taylor" <dont@agora.rdrop.com> wrote in message
>news:laydnWtrvOrGcKveRVn-oQ@scnresearch.com...
>> This is the first "Windows piracy protection" fraud mail I've seen.
>>
>> The little net vandal is using
>> http://m a i l h o s t.a n c 2 0 0
>> 0.co.uk/www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx.php
>> (where I have inserted those spaces to keep you from accidentally
>> getting sucked into this fraud)
>>
>> Yet one more little net vandal out there trying to hijack your system.
>>
>> Reported to all the appropriate abuse addresses
>>
>>>From softwarepiracy@microsoft.com Sun Sep 25 01:31:31 2005
>> Return-Path: <softwarepiracy@microsoft.com>
>> Received: from eastrmmtai10.cox.net (eastrmmtai10.cox.net [68.230.240.49])
>> by agora.rdrop.com (8.13.1/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j8P8VTEt021564
>> for <dont@agora.rdrop.com>; Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:31:30 -0700 (PDT)
>> (envelope-from softwarepiracy@microsoft.com)
>> Received: from Microsoft ([68.9.177.196]) by eastrmmtao03.cox.net
>> (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with SMTP
>> id <20050925075917.TZVK2767.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@Micr osoft>;
>> Sun, 25 Sep 2005 03:59:17 -0400
>> From: "Microsoft Corporation"<softwarepiracy@microsoft.com>
>> Subject: Windows copy Piracy Protection
>> Reply-To: softwarepiracy@microsoft.com
>> X-Priority: 3
>> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
>> X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
>> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
>> Organization: Microsoft
>> Mime-Version: 1.0
>> Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1251"
>> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:00:24 +0300
>> Message-Id: <20050925075917.TZVK2767.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@Micr osoft>
>> Status: R
>> X-Status:
>> X-Keywords:
>>
>> Attention Windows customer
>> 
>> Microsoft is committed to the protection of intellectual property
>> rights 
>> and the reduction of software piracy. Everyone in the economic
>> chain-not 
>> just the software manufacturer-is hurt by piracy, including the
>> reseller, 
>> the support provider, and you, the end user. Authentic Microsoft
>> software 
>> assures you of high-quality, virus-free software. Pirated software does
>> not. 
>> 
>> Microsoft Windows product activation works by verifying that a
>> software 
>> program's product key has not been used on more personal computers
>> than 
>> intended by the software's license. You must use the product key in
>> order 
>> to install the software and then it is transformed into an product ID
>> number. 
>> 
>> Microsoft have indication that your product key is registered on
>> personal 
>> computers not intended in software license. This is in violation of
>> Microsoft 
>> software piracy terms of use.
>> 
>> You have a week grace period in which to activate your Windows product
>> key. 
>> If the grace period expires and you have not completed activation your 
>> Windows copy will become illegal. Software piracy is the illegal
>> reproduction 
>> and distribution of software applications, whether for business or
>> personal use. 
>> Software piracy is criminal and Microsoft do not tolerate such
>> activity. 
>> 
>> Microsoft Windows product activation takes less than one minute when 
>> completed over the Internet. If activation is completed in this way, 
>> the product will take care of most of the work and will require very
>> little 
>> user participation and knowlage. 
>> 
>> <a href="http://m a i l h o s t.a n c 2 0 0
>> 0.co.uk/www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx.php">http://www.microsoft.com/productkey/features/activation.aspx</a> 
>> 
>> During activation, you can also register your copy of Windows. 
>> Registration is not required; however registering your copy ensures 
>> that you receive product support, product update information, and other
>> benefits. 
>> The process registration takes only a few minutes to complete. 
>> Personal information (for example, "contact" information such as an email
>> address) 
>> is required if you decide to register. 
>> 
>> ================================================== =========== 
>> This e-mail is intended for distribution within the United States. 
>> Please contact your local Microsoft Subsidiary for similar offerings
>> outside the U.S. 
>> 
>> Microsoft Corporation 
>> One Microsoft Way 
>> Redmond, WA 98052 
>> 
>> (c)2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, 
>> MSDN, the MSDN logo and SQL Server are either registered 
>> trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United 
>> States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and 
>> products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their 
>> respective owners. 
>>; Posted by Les Herrman on September 26th, 2005; On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:11:04 -0400, "Vincent Lape"
<vlape@news.postalias> wrote:

>that is cute. It would be nice if these kids could put all that energy into
>a legit business or education.

Would probably fool more people if they got the spelling and grammar
in the body of the message correct also.; Posted by kurttrail on September 26th, 2005; Don Taylor wrote:
> This is the first "Windows piracy protection" fraud mail I've seen.

<snip>

Yep. MS's own fraud inspires other conmen. No surprise there. The
only real surprise is that it took so long.

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