Scammers Spoof MSI Support E-Mail, Company Warns

[btarunr]

We extend our heartfelt thanks to global fans and communities for your love and support for MSI and MSI products. As a leading gaming brand, MSI has been devoted to providing players with the best gaming experience and service. However, the recent occurrence of unauthorized emails to content creators and valued followers has caught our attention. Please be advised that MSI Staffs will have this domain name @msi.com when sending out official emails. We have received fraud email reports from various content creators on YouTube. Here is an example of authentic MSI Staff's email address: juandelacruz@msi.com.



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[Chaitanya]

This is very old method of phishing, I keep getting spoof emails on regular basis for whole range of stuff.

 

[Bones]

This is NOT something MSI or any other company would do so easily. Normally guys they do contact are ones like Splave for example due to what they can do, not only because of the following they have but also in that they can make their product look good too and it's always done through certain channels, not by simply sending out an E-mail with an offer.
I can also tell it's fake by the E-Mail address alone - It's a detail that stands out.

You guys have seen what I can do but even I have yet to be contacted about such in any way by any of them, that just proves MSI or others woudn't just pick someone at random for such a thing even if they have a YouTube channel because there's more to it than the channel alone.
Yes, I have a YouTube channel too but it's not for that kind of thing because I seek no endorsement or sponsorship of anything, simply to share what I've done if and when I feel like it.

 

[KrazyT]

You can be sure that at least one people will fall into the trap :/