Dubious e-mail: [Fwd: Dell.com (Password Request)]

From: houyachiat_private
Date: Fri May 30 2003 - 09:45:40 PDT

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      I received the inline e-mail from what claims to be DELL Online 
    service. A Quick SAMSPADE search shows that smtp9.us.dell.com has an ip 
    of 143.166.148.136 and is registered to DELL Computers. I have an uneasy 
    feeling about this and my call to DELL went unanswered. I spoke to 
    customer service asking to speak to someone who can look into this but I 
    was sent back to the belly of the phone system and was given the 
    runaround. This is could be somebody trolling for passwords by spamming 
    anyone, or someone who got hold of a DELL customer listing and is 
    fishing for passwords. Idid not want to check the link below from my 
    workstation for that would amount to a partial verification of the 
    e-mail address. By the time I got to check it via sampsade it gave a 404 
    error.
    
    Any thoughts of a recourse of action here if any at all.
    
    Thanks
    
    Hamid Ouyachi
    
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    Subject: Dell.com (Password Request)
    Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 22:35:45 -0500
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    We recently received a request to e-mail your password to you. Your 
    Dell.com My Account password is 'password'. You may use the following URL
    http://membership.dell.com/dellportal/signin.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen 
    <http://membership.dell.com/dellportal/signin.aspx?s=gen> to return to 
    your account page.
    
    We look forward to providing continued world class support for your 
    computing needs.
    
    Dell Online
    http://www.dell.com <Dell.Storm.UI.Atoms.SimpleLink>
    
    
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