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Me too, bad form on Toshiba's part if it's legitimate. -t On Oct 24, 2008, at 9:57 AM, Lee Duynslager wrote: > Wouldn't the proper procedure have been for them (Toshiba) to go to > the computer store on campus and have them put a link on the cstore > website, with all that information (if it is true). > > I take this kind of direct solicitation with an eye of skepticism as > it could be an attempt at social engineering. > > > LD > > > > > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > On Behalf Of Kramer, Jack > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 9:43 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] FW: New Toshiba Web Site for MSU Faculty and > Staff > > Looks like a legitimate affiliate site to me – a lot of companies do > this kind of “limited affiliate” system where they authenticate > based on user email domain, and they’re not asking for our MSU > passwords – the only thing I can think of them getting out of this > would be a list of likely MSU toshiba purchasers, and if they really > wanted a list of msu.edu email addresses there are much easier ways > to get it through the LDAP service. > ---- > Jack Kramer > Computer Systems Specialist > University Relations, Michigan State University > 517-884-1231 > > > From: Laurence Bates <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: Laurence Bates <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:41:17 -0400 > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [MSUNAG] FW: New Toshiba Web Site for MSU Faculty and Staff > > Any ideas about this email? > > > From: Reimann, Chris [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 8:54 AM > To: Kate Baird; [log in to unmask] > Subject: FW: New Toshiba Web Site for MSU Faculty and Staff > > Is this for real, or is it a sophisticated phish? > > > > From: Mikosz, Jeff [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 5:31 PM > To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > ; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > ; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > ; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > ; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > ; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > ; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > ; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > Subject: New Toshiba Web Site for MSU Faculty and Staff > > All MSU Faculty and Staff, > > Toshiba is proud to announce the new MSU website we have set up for > faculty and staff to purchase directly from the manufacturer at > special member pricing. We offer you special pricing on everything > from tablet PCs and laptops, to projectors and TVs. The following > steps are needed to obtain access to the new website. Please > contact me if there are any issues you encounter in registration, or > any products you would like to have added to the site. I look > forward to being of service as your dedicated account manager. > > Go to www.store.toshiba.com/customer <http://www.store.toshiba.com/customer > > > Click on “new user” > The account number is 1237552 > Enter your information. Please use just the msu.edu email ending as > it won’t recognize any other (in other words, don’t use mail.msu.edu > or others like that) and click register > You should get a pop up saying your temporary password is being > emailed to you. > On the sign in page, list your account number, email address and the > temporary password, it will take you to a prompt to change your > password. Once in, check out your great discounted pricing and let > me know if I can help in any way. > I request if you are planning on doing a purchase order, you save a > quote in the site and still send me the copy of the PO via fax or > email for processing. You may reference your quote number that you > create on the PO. > Thank you, > > Jeff Mikosz > Toshiba Education & Government Sales > 888-625-3276 ext.7082 > Fax 480-776-8895 > [log in to unmask] > Website www.toshibadirect.com > > Vendor Address: > Toshiba America Info Systems > 8123 S. Hardy Dr > Tempe AZ 85284 > > > > > > > > -- Troy Murray Systems/Database Administrator Michigan State University Biomedical Research Informatics Core (BRIC) 100 Conrad Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-432-4248 Fax: 517-353-9420 E-mail: [log in to unmask] AOL IM: troymurray72 MSN IM: [log in to unmask] Yahoo! IM: [log in to unmask] GTalk\Jabber: [log in to unmask]