Re: Fake Email From Apple

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Fake Email From Apple
Date	2017-03-14 16:02 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
Message-ID	<eiqig1Ffg5pU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References	<1n2qiyq.84ctq8teexd6N%csampson@inetworld.net> <slrnocatb0.ih9.g.kreme@snow.local> <1n2te7i.n4tsg01v36dy9N%dcohenspam@talktalk.net>

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On 2017-03-14, Daniel Cohen <dcohenspam@talktalk.net> wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
>> Never click a link in an email.
>
> I wish legit firms made it easier to avoid clicking on links when they
> make special offers.
>
> Case in point. A recent email from Micromat with an offer for anupgrade
> to TechTool Pro with a link to click.
>
> No, I didn't click the link, I went direct to the Micromat site but the
> offer wasn't on the site. So I emailed Micromat sales to enquire if the
> email was genuine.
>
> They confirmed that it was and that the link was the only way to get the
> offer.
>
> And there are plenty of other similar cases.

It's very easy to verify that a message is legitimate by examining the
headers and looking to see where the links actually point. I don't see a
problem.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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Fake Email From Apple csampson@inetworld.net (Charles H. Sampson) - 2017-03-11 18:23 -0800
  Re: Fake Email From Apple nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-11 21:24 -0500
  Re: Fake Email From Apple Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-12 16:17 +0000
    Re: Fake Email From Apple dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2017-03-14 09:48 +0000
      Re: Fake Email From Apple nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-14 06:00 -0400
      Re: Fake Email From Apple befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2017-03-14 11:36 +0100
      Re: Fake Email From Apple Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-14 16:02 +0000
      Re: Fake Email From Apple dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-03-15 07:28 +1100
  Re: Fake Email !From Apple David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2017-03-12 12:50 -0500
    Re: Fake Email !From Apple nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-12 13:51 -0500
      Re: Fake Email !From Apple David Ritz <dritz@mindspring.com> - 2017-03-12 17:30 -0500
        Re: Fake Email !From Apple nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-03-12 18:33 -0400
          Re: Fake Email !From Apple dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-03-13 16:38 +1100
      Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-12 22:45 +0000
        Re: Fake Email !From Apple Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-12 18:55 -0400
          Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-13 00:39 +0000
            Re: Fake Email !From Apple Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-12 21:03 -0400
              Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-13 01:28 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-13 00:39 -0400
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-13 17:37 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-14 09:58 +1300
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-14 21:05 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-14 17:41 -0400
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-14 21:50 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-15 05:20 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-15 15:07 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-15 16:07 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-15 16:34 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-15 17:58 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-15 19:32 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-18 14:51 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-15 13:21 +1300
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-13 04:28 -0400
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-13 17:31 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-13 14:30 -0400
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-13 15:17 -0400
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple "David B." <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> - 2017-03-13 23:33 +0000
        Re: Fake Email !From Apple dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-13 14:36 +1300
          Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-13 03:54 +0000
            Re: Fake Email !From Apple Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-03-13 00:35 -0400
            Re: Fake Email !From Apple Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2017-03-13 05:04 -0400
              Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-13 17:27 +0000
            Re: Fake Email !From Apple Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-13 14:13 +0000
              Re: Fake Email !From Apple JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-13 11:59 -0400
            Re: Fake Email !From Apple dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-14 09:58 +1300
              Re: Fake Email !From Apple Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2017-03-14 21:09 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-14 17:53 -0400
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-03-14 23:40 +0000
                Re: Fake Email !From Apple dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2017-03-15 13:21 +1300
        Re: Fake Email !From Apple Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-03-13 14:10 +0000
  Re: Fake Email From Apple JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-03-12 17:27 -0400

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