email advice please

carla40

hi, i recieved this email today, but i'm not sure if its real and i'm a bit scared to click on the link, does anyone know if i should take this email seriously or just ignore it, any advice would be appreciated
thanks in advance
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Dear MSN and Hotmail Subscriber,



A DGTFX Virus has been detected in your folders. Your email account has to be upgraded to our new Secured DGTFX anti-virus 2012 version to prevent damages to our web mail log and to your important files. Click link, Fill the columns below and send back to us or your email account will be terminated to avoid spread of the virus.

http://accountservices.com/DGTFX Virus Remover


This back up is necessary to update and to avoid blocking of your account. If you do not respond to this message you will lose your account permanently. Thank you for your usual co-operation we apologize for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Member Service Team.

McKneff

Dont worry about it, its a scam, just delete it and then delete it out of the next box.

If you get any more delete them too and if you get any telephone calls saying the same thing, just telll them that you havent got a computer, they are all scams.

Never cick on a link youre even a tiny bit unsure of, always delete it.

carla40

thank you, i thought it was scam but wasn't too sure, thats why i asked on here, thanks very much, i've now deleted it
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esuhl

It's obviously a scam. Just look at where the link points to -- a completely different URL to the one shown.

If there was any chance it might have been genuine, you could have just logged in to MSN/Hotmail as you would normally. If it was a real email from them, you'd no doubt be prompted to do whatever it is they emailed you about.

Simplistik

Links and URLs in email can be confusing,
You were right to ask the question, is it safe?
Which of course, it isn't,

You just saved your hotmail account from being hacked!

It's a classic phishing scam, hosted on free web hosting,

Very convincing page, though,
anyone in a hurry, not looking too closely, could easily be fooled by this.

Take a look, this is what the page looks like

Don't worry, this link is just a picture, NOT the real website,


http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8048/phish.png

carla40

thank you all so much for taking the time to reply to me, you've been a great help and very friendly:beer: