Well, I haven’t been treated at Harvard. I live thousands of miles away. And it wouldn’t normally occur to me to “shop” at a medical school or hospital (though after investigation I found that the publications shown on the message do cost money.) But aside from that (and assuming you don’t look at the From address or where the “Continue Shopping” button points) it looks fairly convincing.
Sender: Harvard Medical (noreply@offer.apotheekduindorp.nl)
(a second copy came from noreply@offer.notaiosciarra.it)
Subject: We have a special offer for you…
Text:
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Welcome!
Thank you for choosing Medical Center for your health care needs. We’d like to offer you 10% off your next orders.
But hurry, this offer only lasts 10 days.
Our providers are dedicated in making your visits easy and productive.
Continue Shopping (link leads to http://bertrandwesierski.com/trace/a/b/c/d/ — the second version led to http://naturalhemorrhoidstreatments.com/trace/a/b/c/d/)
Here’s what it looks like:
To be clear — this is NOT an email sent by Harvard Medical School, but rather a Canadian based website selling drugs. They have illegally used the Harvard name and marks to suggest a connection that does not exist. We are working to have this discontinued and appreciate your calling it out. Please let your readers know Harvard has absolutely no involvement in this whatsoever.
Ed Coburn
Director, Harvard Health Publications
Harvard Medical School
http://www.health.harvard.edu