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[valkerie]

I got this email today. Have reported it to Hotmail but meanwhile thought it seemd suss enuff to post for advice here. Asking for your user name and password seems to be a dead giveaway of a scam of some sort.


Hotmail Warning!!! Unused Account Removal Confirm Your Account(Do Not Delete)‏
From: Windows LIVE TEAM ([email protected])
Medium riskYou may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as junk
Sent: Thu 3/05/09 10:57 AM
To:
The All-New Hotmail! You Must Be A Part Of It To Avoid Your hotmail Account To Be Closed
The All-New Hotmail Is:
* Faster: Fewer steps to get things done.
* Easier: Drag & drop organization.
* Effortless: Automatically checks email for you.
Fill the Informations Below To Verify Your Account.
Please This For Your Benefit. Read Below To Understand More.

Hotmail User.

Due to the congestion in all hotmail users and removal of all unused Hotmail Accounts, hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

* Username: .................................

* Password: ...................................

* Date of Birth: ................................

* Country Or Territory:.................................

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently

[the_beaver]

Definitely phishing.

[valkerie]

Cheers.

I usually don't even open dodgy looking messages but this one was a bit different as sasy comes from Windows Live.

[Otherside]

[swigs]

Good call asking. As a rule of thumb, never send your information to anyone who randomly sends an e-mail asking for it.

Also report the e-mail as spam, or send it to customer service at hotmail so they can ban the user, and possibly note other information.

[valkerie]

Yeah I reported it and they aksed me to send the header etc (which I had to look upon Google how to do...) who knew there was all that info there...my new hobby

They also got bacl to me to confirm what we all know now. I can see how easy it is to be nearly fooled, even tho I am usually really susupicious. (I have had my hotmail account closed twice due to forgetting to check it).

[dazzed]

Should of replied with

username = fuq
password = you
date of birth = 060666
territory = HELL

[craash]

You can contact Melanie Smith here -

Tel: +27-(0)21 671 4244

Cell: +27- (0)72 3375924

Email: [email protected]
or
[email protected]

She works at the Aquaculture Institute of South Africa - (and I am sure she does not work for MSN).

( http://www.ai-sa.org.za/news-events/index.asp look towards the bottom "Post graduate students looking for a job opportunities in Aquaculture"







Next time someone sends you an email - and you want to find out more about the sender (or owner of the email address) - just google the email address.

People post their email addresses and phone numbers on many forums and sites - and just google their email address - its easy to find out who they are.

[Underwaterbob]

I don't think hotmail addresses ever get deleted. I've had one since well before they were owned by Microsoft. Even ignored it for a couple of years, it's still there chugging away. I use it quite a bit now.

[DCJames]

Hotmail is horrible.

Hotmail puts my "automated on vacation reply" on when ever it feels like it.

[RufusW]