Windows 7: Email Scam?

Scam right?



Subject: Email List -- Requires Confirmation
From: "Microsoft Office for Windows 7" <jeremy@bluehornet.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:00:29 -0800
To: <pitt***@imail.losrios.edu>
Priority: Normal
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Dear ,
Click the link below to automatically confirm your subscription to the Microsoft Office for Windows 7 Email List:
Confirm Your Subscription You have 30 days to submit your confirmation. If you do not want to join, simply do not respond. To find out the exact date and location your email address was entered, follow the link below:
How was I added? If you think your email address may have been used without your consent, follow the link below: Report Abuse Thank You, Microsoft Office for Windows 7

Yes, both links want you to "confirm" your account is active.

Sure looks like it to me. Probably give you a virus.

BlueHornet seems to be a legitimate e-marketing organisation - and their website also shows the DigitalRiver logo - It may be legit but I would personally still not click on anything I was not expecting

The Right Email Marketing Strategy for Each Client

This may be useful

can't see why MS would use a marketing firm to do their business like this will research it more if you like.

It's ok, no need for extra research, the digital river company has done fraudulent charges on people, googled it, so I just won't click anything.

edit: just checked on my windows 7 student download email it came from <studentwindows.us@digitalriver.com> so this might not be a scam... Any more opinions?

MS is not a client of bluehornet at least I would think they would have them on the client list.

seems a little odd for a personal email address for marketing also.

My original student windows 7 discount email came from (Microsoft@newsletters.microsoft.com) with a link to digital river That is where I bought and downloaded windows 7, maybe this isn't a scam?

I just emailed jeremy to see what happens

Lol thanks