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

["Cushing, David" <David.Cushing () hitachisoftware com>]

> I think what you have here is that someone tried to get your 
> password, but
> failed...kind of silly of them, really, since they would 
> obviously have
> mailed the password to your email address.  Going to that 
> link and typing in
> the password the email provides wouldn't get the attacker 
> anything (if they
> had sent the email in the first place) because you'll just 
> use the password
> they gave you.

What if they could already read his email and wanted to borrow his Dell account?  It's still silly, but I wouldn't 
assume they failed.  

Or is it silly?  Dear Dell Support:  Could you fix the mailing address on those 5 PowerEdge 6600's I ordered last 
week... <g> 

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