Me too ... -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of= Ryan O'Connor Sent: 26 May 2018 03:20 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [OT]: Strange Microchip Email I'm still waiting for my free one :( Ryan On 26 May 2018 at 13:56, Jean-Paul Louis wrote: > Same with me, but I wasn't worried as I had received a sample=20 > development board that I had ordered several weeks ago ( it was a $20 boa= rd ). > > Jean-Paul > N1JPL > > > On Fri, May 25, 2018, 8:31 PM Sean Breheny wrote: > > > Has anyone else recently received an email claiming that a Microchip > sample > > request was made "on your behalf"? > > > > My first reaction was to think that it must be a phishing attempt=20 > > but it doesn't request that I follow any links or open any=20 > > documents. Also it passes gmail's authentication tests for having=20 > > come from microchip.com > > > > I don't recall placing any sample orders with them in years and I=20 > > can't think who would have done it for me. > > > > One more strange thing is that it says that the email is a summary=20 > > of my order but there is no list of parts or any delivery address=20 > > for me. Maybe it was a phishing attempt and there was an attachment=20 > > originally? But it would be strange for gmail to strip out the=20 > > attachment and not give me a security warning about the message. > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive=20 > > View/change your membership options at=20 > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive=20 > View/change your membership options at=20 > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/chang= e your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclis= t --=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 .