A question about a "private msg" I received on my post about Ps CS5 Extended

[Rhobes]

Hello,

I was sent a private msg from "Ash Jensen" to contact Adobe_Tech@outlook.com  for answers to my questions via email, I assume because I didn't receive any replies to my post. Just proceeding this msg was a "Stay Alert" message from Community.adobe.com, warning to be cautious about these private messages.

Is this legitimate? 

Thanks, Rhobes-

[Rob_Cullen · Accepted solution]

No, it is not legitimate!  Adobe email would never use an "outlook.com" address.

Likely to be Scam bait.

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[Per Berntsen · Accepted solution]

"Adobe_Tech@outlook.com" is an email address known to be used by scammers. Do not respond.

A genuine email from Adobe would be from @adobe.com.

You can report the user by sending an email to phishing@adobe.com

And CS5 is totally unsupported, so it's highly unlikely that Adobe would contact you about it.

[kglad]

in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.

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[jane-e · Accepted solution]

Is this legitimate? 

By @Rhobes

Click the three dots in the PM window, then click "Report as Inappropriate"

Jane

[Rhobes]

Thanks for replies, I copied & sent by email to phishing(as noted above). I have the 3 dots without the trash can; no report selections except these: Manage friends & ignored, Mark all as read or New, Delete all, turn on batch processing.

[Rhobes]

well adobe just replied they can't do anything with the copy I sent them via email. they want original Private msg forwarded by email, that I can't do cause it's a PM. But I spent enough time on it already. when I originally posted the question above they told me they removed the link & I should review and repost. Nothing to review, I reposted. So, they already got their "link" by themselves-

[kglad]

that's been a known scammer for years.  if adobe hasn't done anything about it previously, there's nothing there going to do now.