is this fake or what anyone else recieved one

jamespir

obvioulsy i know we all get emails every day asking for our usernames and passwords and i wont ever give but i recieved this yesterday and im unsure whether its fake or not there is a few things i can spot which lead me to belivee its fake the grammar for one

just wondered if anyone else had recieved one i know you can t see here but it had official windows pictures and the links went to the sites they were linked bar one



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torbrex

fake

the clue is in 'dear account user' they have no idea who you are so just leave it that way

jamespir

torbrex wrote: »

fake

the clue is in 'dear account user' they have no idea who you are so just leave it that way

thanks just wanted to double check its so difficult to tell difference these day

toastydave

The easy thing to do if your unsure, is log into you account, VIA YOUR OWN TYPED ADDRESS IN YOUR BROWSER.

Never log into you account via a link in a email.

As the last post said, it looks like a scam, but if you log into your account via your typed address you should have nothing to fear

dixiebb

def. a fake -- not a standard Live Mail email.

Chris55_2

The other clue is that they ask you to send them your password in the email. If it is in clear text in the email then it's not secure.

No real company will ever ask you to send them an email containing your password.

[Deleted User]

Hotmail have a disclaimer saying "we will never ask a user for their password" I can't think of a single company that would. at the most they would be like you need to login to your account and fill in a form

robt_2

jamespir wrote: »

thanks just wanted to double check its so difficult to tell difference these day

Not with this one it isn't!

Honestly!