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Hoax Microsoft email?

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I've just recieved an email which looks like a hoax. Copied below. The unsafe attachment was removed by OE. Anybody else got it?

From: Microsoft
Subject: The New Microsoft-Security System

Dear Sir/Madam,
We kindly ask you to install this update to your PC as soon as possible.
In the libraries of OS Windows® critical errors have been found. This errors lead to destruction of the system files from your computer without an opportunity on restoration. The given service-pack fixes libraries and does not allow various Trojan modules to penetrate into your computer.

Yours Faithfully,
Microsoft INC
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Was there any speacial borders or backgrounds?
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no, not at all, just plain text. The address properties was donny@microsoft.com
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I would call i got something like that with paypal and we just called and they said it was for real so call up microsoft customer support.
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The poor grammer is one tip that this is a hoax; and I don't think MS ever signs anything "Yours Faithfully."

This is reported to be a password-stealing trojan:
http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...virus_k=132185
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that's what I thought.
think I ought to report it or something?
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The only companies I know of that have a way for you to report spoofing are ebay and PayPal; if you know of a way to report it, I'd say go for it.

MS is working on the problem, however; here's an article about if you're interested:
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/exec...28antispam.asp
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