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Is this a phishing scam?

Has anyone else had this email? I assume Hotmail wouldn't ask for your password, but then, I don't want to lose my account either...


Windows Live Email Alert Confirmation®
The efficient way to do e-mail


Windows Live Hotmail® is faster and safer than ever before and filled with new ways to stay in touch. Storage space that grows with you means you shouldn't have to worry about deleting your e-mail, and the new calendar makes it easy to share your schedule with family and friends.

Due to congestion in all Windows Live Hotmail email accounts caused by over 10 million inactive email accounts, there will be a phased deactivation of all inactive Hotmail® accounts: We will be shutting down all inactive accounts. You will need to confirm your E-mail by filling out your log-in information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons. To do this, please click your reply button, fill in the required information and send

* User Name:
* Password:
* Year of Birth:
* Country Or Territory

YOUR DETAILS WILL NOT BE SHARED.

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.

We appreciate your joining us for the ride.

Warning!!! Account owners who refuse to update their accounts after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose their accounts permanently.

Sincerely,
The Windows Live Hotmail Team

Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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  • alanrowell
    alanrowell Posts: 5,398
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    If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, makes a noise like a duck...

    ...this one is quacking loudly
  • jack_pott wrote: »
    Has anyone else had this email? I assume Hotmail wouldn't ask for your password, but then, I don't want to lose my account either...


    Windows Live Email Alert Confirmation®
    The efficient way to do e-mail


    Windows Live Hotmail® is faster and safer than ever before and filled with new ways to stay in touch. Storage space that grows with you means you shouldn't have to worry about deleting your e-mail, and the new calendar makes it easy to share your schedule with family and friends.

    Due to congestion in all Windows Live Hotmail email accounts caused by over 10 million inactive email accounts, there will be a phased deactivation of all inactive Hotmail® accounts: We will be shutting down all inactive accounts. You will need to confirm your E-mail by filling out your log-in information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons. To do this, please click your reply button, fill in the required information and send

    * User Name:
    * Password:
    * Year of Birth:
    * Country Or Territory

    YOUR DETAILS WILL NOT BE SHARED.

    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.

    We appreciate your joining us for the ride.

    Warning!!! Account owners who refuse to update their accounts after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose their accounts permanently.

    Sincerely,
    The Windows Live Hotmail Team

    Microsoft respects your privacy. Please read our online Privacy Statement.
    Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399, USA © 2011 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    yep - read
    Disclaimer : Everything I write on this forum is my opinion. I try to be an even-handed poster and accept that you at times may not agree with these opinions or how I choose to express them, this is not my problem. The Disabled : If years cannot be added to their lives, at least life can be added to their years - Alf Morris - ℜ
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741
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    Its a scam

    This type has been doing the rounds as long as hotmail accounts existed
    :idea:
  • banger9365
    banger9365 Posts: 1,702
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    if your not sure about it ,its a scam just bin it
    there or their,one day i might us the right one ,until then tuff

  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741
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    alanrowell wrote: »
    If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, makes a noise like a duck...

    ...this one is quacking loudly


    :rotfl:

    I like that
    :idea:
  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    it's a setup/ don't be the patsy/

    Patsy-Pancake-Lady-jumps-up-and-screams-help%5B6%5D.png
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • Sparhawke
    Sparhawke Posts: 1,420 Forumite
    Hotmail or anything like that will not ask directly for your details but ask you to go to the official site and log in and take further steps to do the verification...report it to hotmail.

    I hate people that do scams like this <_<
    "Don't blink. Blink and you're dead. They are fast. Faster than you can believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink. Good Luck" - The Doctor.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,552
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    I think there are phishers about - I received one from "Paypal" and one from "Lloyds" today.
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