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Autodesk informed me I am accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Autodesk informed me I am accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Turchik_Kevin
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Autodesk informed me I am accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Turchik_Kevin
Explorer
Explorer
‎05-08-2019 05:42 AM

No joke! I received 6 emails from:

Christopher Puskar <[email protected]>

"

Dear Friend,

 

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

 

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress
autodesk_wizard_email.jpgautodesk_wizard_email.jpg

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Message 61 of 92

DavidCastello85
Contributor
Contributor
in reply to jason_bush
‎08-10-2020 09:20 AM

This is great news, and I am so glad because getting my NCARB cert has proven to be very difficult and I am thinking about switching fields; magic, naturally, was my first choice!

 

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Message 62 of 92

Anonymous
Not applicable
in reply to sean.heasley
‎08-10-2020 09:25 AM

@sean.heasley It's the future and it happened again... lol

I want to go to Hogwarts though.

 
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Message 63 of 92

Anonymous
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‎08-10-2020 09:26 AM

Sorry to say but i think this is a scam.. the original Posting was from May 2019. and word for word was exactly the same as mine. i think Hogwarts has been Cursed (Hacked)..

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Message 64 of 92

jprillaman
Participant
Participant
in reply to sean.heasley
‎08-10-2020 09:32 AM

So far the only person to receive this in our office was our office manager. I'm sure some others are going to be disappointed they got left out. On the bright side, this is the most entertaining phishing email scare anyone has handed me all year.

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Message 65 of 92

tony_niemeyer
Contributor
Contributor
in reply to jprillaman
‎08-10-2020 09:36 AM

I told the muggles in my family I will be gone for a while. I was excepted to Hogwarts. So excited LMAO

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Message 66 of 92

Anonymous
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in reply to tony_niemeyer
‎08-10-2020 09:52 AM

I received my invite this morning as well.  This is the best thing that has happened in a while.  Thank you whomever for the cheer and mystery.

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Message 67 of 92

Anonymous
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‎08-10-2020 10:20 AM

Got my acceptance too. I am so excited!!!!! 

I knew I am different because I am a witch!!!

Can't wait for my journey to Hogwarts. 

2020 is not too bad!

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Message 68 of 92

Anonymous
Not applicable
‎08-10-2020 10:35 AM

I have received the same email:

 

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

 

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall

Deputy Headmistress

 

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Message 69 of 92

gothitis
Advocate
Advocate
‎08-10-2020 10:54 AM

From the Autodesk twitter account.

 

autodesk hogwarts.jpgautodesk hogwarts.jpg

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Message 70 of 92

Anonymous
Not applicable
in reply to gothitis
‎08-10-2020 10:57 AM

oh booo

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Message 71 of 92

Anonymous
Not applicable
in reply to jason_bush
‎08-10-2020 11:00 AM

I got my invite too! But my office said I must delete it 😞

Please send Hagrid to rescue me from them!

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Message 72 of 92

Rowena
Contributor
Contributor
‎08-10-2020 11:02 AM

Please be aware that a huge segment of Autodesk customer base received yet another email regarding acceptance at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.  Is this something Autodesk plans to correct and prevent going forward as our customers have reached out to us with concern/lack of amusement?  

And yes; my first and last name is ironically connected by coincidence to the Harry Potter brand 🙂

 

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Message 73 of 92

Anonymous
Not applicable
in reply to Rowena
‎08-10-2020 11:05 AM

No sooner than I told my coworker there was going to be that 1% that did not find it as funny as we did.

Again,   Oh Boooo to them.

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Message 74 of 92

Anonymous
Not applicable
‎08-10-2020 11:11 AM

ME too! I got in, but missed owl deadline. Please please please accept me to Hogwarts.........

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Message 75 of 92

Discussion_Admin
Alumni
Alumni
in reply to Anonymous
‎08-10-2020 11:15 AM
Accepted solution

official reply from above.

 

"We’re aware of the suspicious looking email that many of our customers received this morning. It was sent in error on our part. We apologize for the confusion and are reviewing our email marketing processes to avoid this in the future."

 

 

DA

Remember the Hogwarts Express departs from Platform 9 ¾ .😎

 

 

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Message 76 of 92

troyeikenberry
Community Visitor
Community Visitor
in reply to Anonymous
‎08-10-2020 11:20 AM

Got Mine!

Not bad for a Mudblood.

Won't be running into any walls at the train station just yet.

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Message 77 of 92

jcalvert_KitoUSA
Participant
Participant
‎08-10-2020 11:21 AM

Got mine today, as well. Looks totally phishy. There is also a hidden, non-existent img in it which makes it even more suspect... 🤔

 

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html><head><!-- Test -->
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head>
<body>
<div id="body" class="mktoText" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Sans-Serif; padding:10px;">
<div>
Dear Jesse,
</div>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment. Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.
</div>
<div>
<br>
</div>
<div>
Yours sincerely,
</div>
<div>
Minerva McGonagall
</div>
<div>
Deputy Headmistress
</div>
</div>
<a href="http://click.autodesk.com/f00hQlr0Jo0rgO3EFVD4Q0P"></a>
<img src="http://click.autodesk.com/trk?t=1&amp;mid=OTE4LUZPRC00MzM6MDoxMjgxNTQ6ODAxODQ0OjMzMDMzNjM6MTcyMzc1Oj..." width="1" height="1" style="display:none !important;" alt="">

&nbsp;
</body>
</html>

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Message 78 of 92

mspeer
Consultant
Consultant
in reply to jcalvert_KitoUSA
‎08-10-2020 12:32 PM

Hi!

When programming or creating templates sometimes this sort of content is added for several reasons:

- good mood

- in case something unintended or accidental happens, no confidential content is provided and whatever happens it can't be mistaken for an intended action or content.

 

I can't say for sure, but this looks like a template that was sent out accidentally (especially as this was confirmed as an error by Autodesk at twitter).

 

It's recommended to delete such suspicious emails without viewing or clicking on any links, but this does not look like a phishing email.

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Message 79 of 92

MattCLewis
Community Visitor
Community Visitor
in reply to Discussion_Admin
‎08-10-2020 01:22 PM

So you're telling me that I didn't get accepted to Hogwarts...?

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Message 80 of 92

Rowena
Contributor
Contributor
in reply to mspeer
‎08-10-2020 01:40 PM

That's a good explanation.  Maybe in the future they could just create a template with the words test-please disregard...just a thought.

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