Another Microsoft Office Bootleg - Unboxing & Scam Investigation

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2 weeks ago, we took a look at a bootleg copy of Microsoft Office 2010 sent to me by a viewer. I had purchased a "genuine" copy on eBay that I intended to use for comparison. Well as it turns out, that "genuine" copy is actually another bootleg. And it finally showed up. So let's explore it!

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The Microsoft Saftware Genuine Authority has given you the gift of high-performance and secure.

TadanoHitohito
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Could be a hacked or bought eBay account, hence the change in feedback. You sometimes see scam mails looking to buy eBay accounts with good feedback

OtterlyInsane
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Here's my theory: They're taking all the Windows and Office OEM bundle license stickers stuck on those ewaste PCs that we sent to China. They record the serial numbers, then resell them bundled with a bootleg copy of Office or Windows.

They're valid serials, but you always have to call-in to activate them. The next step is to use Magic Jelly Bean and extract the generated valid serial number so you don't have to call-in to activate it again. Copy that serial number down, and you now have a working copy of Office or Windows.

olepigeon
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Petition to name Bootleg Software as "Saftware"!

PainweedingPills
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If they were smart bootleggers, they could have replaced the support phone numbers with their own in an attempt to do some phishing. Makes even more sense if they purposefully put a disk that won't install. They could add an official looking statement saying to "Don't return if you have issues. Please call support first!".

TheSleepyCraftsman
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Fun fact: that “security stable reputation” wording was actually used by Microsoft on packages targeted at China market at this time period. I’ve never seen these words on packages for other markets though. I guess whoever made this bootleg copy just did an OCR and then fed the Chinese results into an online translator.

Also, that is a volume licensing edition of Office, which is a popular target of piracy because its activation scheme is more easily bypassed than the retail editions.

davidlee
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Michael before opening the box: "I do believe this could be legitimate, but I'm not sure."
Michael after opening the box: "Nope nope nope this is a bootleg."

tboneanimatetwoaccount
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I love this bootleg copy series! I would love to see more of this :)

artc
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the fact that the DVD looks genuine makes me think it just is. they are probably mispressings or second grade that got sorted out, and some guy just fished them out of the bin before they could get destroyed and eventually they ended up in some counterfeit operation.

gamergod
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3:58 Fun fact you’d regret: the Chinese letters says “Never gonna give you up”

ShippoHsu
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At least you got a Physical CD and a Box, Microsoft doesn´t even include that anymore.

AriannaEuryaleMusic
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This version of Office is a volume license. This also explains why the version is different (Professional Plus instead of Professional). Volume keys are used in large organizations which need to install Office on a large amount of computers, so the product key could be used multiple times. This key was probably stolen as are many on the internet. Hope this helps!

gremlinicous
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I love how eBay censors usernames except for first and last letter, so it just looks like a bunch of swearing

MrHacknever
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Michael is trying everything in his power to try and figure out a logical solution to all of the weirdness in this sofuare manual.

cjhmc_
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A microsoft office bootleg that actually activated? Thats interesting af, wonder if they used actual copies but didnt have the packaging so they had to recreate it themselves.

tristanraine
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I think the reason it didn’t let you activate ‘over the internet’ was because the professional plus version was designed to be activated using a KMS server on a corporate network, obviously on the average home network one of these wouldn’t be running so it won’t let you activate.

joedry
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I'm betting the original office manual was scanned and then reprinted using text recognition software from the original scan. My guess is that the scanner they used was junk (which would explain the low quality pics) and they realized it after trying to print the manual directly from the scan, but it was too blurry to even pass as legit at first glance. So they just ran text recognition software over the blurry scan (which also tries to guess the font, spacing, etc) and printed from that. That would explain a lot of the inconsistencies like with spacing, URLs, and the Trademark "TM".

MrNside
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So nobody’s going to talk about how the “O” in “Office” is still lowercase?

Lim
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The Chinese at 4:00 says “Never gonna give you up”

DretaSaysHi
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What you tend to see is VLKs(Volume) or MAKs that work for the first few years. Then MS finds out and disabled those. Could also be a OEM pulled off of a computer. I use to get bran new copies of older software via bankruptcy buy out from small businesses that in general do not have a Volume License. I do SAM audits so pretty much am versed on all the licensing rules. The disks may not be boot leg. The Disks may be legit, but the keys/packaging is boot leg.

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