hotmail - god theyre persistent

Anthillmob

i received an email asking for my details a good 2 months, maybe more ago, from 'hotmail customer services' into my hotmail account, informing me that if i didnt update my records [as you will see below im not daft enough to fall for what they are asking] they would delete my account within 24 hours

well i still have my account long after 24 hours

Dear Account User

This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Hotmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Hotmail accounts so we are shutting down some Hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name, password, date of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

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.

Sincerely,
The Windows Live Hotmail Team




[FONT=Lucida Handwriting, Cursive]Wael A. Bazaraa [/FONT]

how do i get them to leave me alone? its getting annoying now.

hazey31

Nothing you can do- just delete, preferably without opening the mail in the first place.

dacouch

Its a phishing scam to get your password and date of birth to get into get money out of your bank accounts etc.

All you need to do is add the sender to the disallowed.

In hotmail, click on "Options" then click on "More Options" then click on "Safe and Blocked Senders" (Its under the "Junk E-mail" title) then click on "Blocked Senders" and then add the email address.

Alternatively click on "Mark As" in the email and then click on "Phishing Scam"

maninthestreet

Why would they be asking for username? They already have it, as they've sent you an email.

dacouch

maninthestreet wrote: »

Why would they be asking for username? They already have it, as they've sent you an email.

They send automated to thousands or even millions of hotmail accounts, sometimes the software just randomly generates names and adds it to "@hotmail.co.uk"

Plus if they ask you for your user name the chances are you will use the same user name for ebay, paypal, amazon etc etc and most people use the same password in each website so if they get your hotmail password they can either access your other accounts directly or simply go onto say amazon and say you have forgotton your password and it will email a new one to you hotmail account.

Its a phising scam, plane and simple

sporedude

That scams years old, Just ignore it.

No1

"we are having congestions" (Sounds Painfull!!)

"Hotmail would be shutting down all unused Accounts"

Pretty much gives the game away, sadly I'm sure that they will still be achieving some success, send 10.000 of these out and only get a 1% return, thats 100 accounts and as dacouch say's....ebay, paypal, etc, etc...

RadoJo

In fairness, this isn't down to Hotmail - have you reported it to them? They are ususally pretty good about blocking these types of e-mails, particularly ones bringing their name into disrepute!

myrnahaz

the signature on the hotmail letter could be pronounced 'weally bizarre'.