I just got an email today from "Texas Instruments " All the usual stuff I get from TI, information on new ICs etc. Nothing I would be at all concerned about and it got through the spam filter at work without issues FWIW. RP On 7 January 2014 17:17, William Benson wrote: > Hi One & All, > I went to www.dlep14.itg.ti.com and this what I got: "The requested URL " > www.dlep14.itg.ti.com" cannot be found or is not available. Please check > the spelling or try again later." So it is not anything GOOD!?!!? > BEN > > > Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 12:42:50 -0500 > > From: jwronski@stillwatereng.net > > To: piclist@mit.edu > > Subject: Re: [PIC} Possible Spam/Phishing Expedition? > > > > On 1/6/2014 9:35 AM, rchadwic wrote: > > > I found this in my mailbox just now, ostensibly from TI. > > > > > > Subject: The Perfect Time To Freshen Up Your myTI Profile > > > > > > Graphics, etc "Update your profile and check out our new design > tools"..... > > > with a request for account info buried inside > > > > > > I have no account with them; my last dealings with Texas Instruments > was > > > sometime in 1969. > > > I have no idea how they got my Email address... > > > > > > You may want to be watchful; I am treating this like spam and deletin= g > it, > > > but here's the URL, slightly modified, for your perusal and > edification. > > > > > > Texas Instruments [tiprimeDELETE THIS@dlep14.itg.ti.com] > > > > > > > > That looks more like an email address than a URL. > > In any case, after reading this, I found a TI email in my inbox and > > looked at it suspiciously. > > It is from > > tiprime@dlep14.itg.ti.com , > > similar to the address you have above. > > It includes links, not to ti.com, but to another address > > recp.mkt41.net/ctt?m=3D... > > with "..." representing a whole bunch of parameters, including... > > &kd=3Dhttp://reviews.ti.com... > > > > And, one of the links referred to a product I had recently got samples > > of. So, the email in my case appears legit. Nonetheless, I don't like > > to click on email links that go to third party sites and include a whol= e > > bunch of tracking parameters. > > > > -- > > Joe Wronski > > jwronski@stillwatereng.net > > www.stillwatereng.net > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .