Question:
Official Msn Hotmail Email?
toby_464
2008-08-31 09:33:51 UTC
Hey, today I received an "Official" email from Windows Live Team:

"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"
The email was sent from: 'mts1160@hotmail.com'


Is This Real? Please Help =]
Five answers:
2008-08-31 12:50:32 UTC
hi

be careful, this is an EXPLOIT to steal your password so just delete it..

hotmail, live,msn,yahoo,gmail , etc would NEVER ask you to give your password !!!!!!!..









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Hauzer
2008-08-31 09:38:53 UTC
No, this is NOT true.



The Windows Live team will never ask for your details since they own your account, they have full rights. This is just a fake e-mail from a user trying to get to your account.



For starters it states "every Hotmail Email User Accounts" why didn't I get one?
2017-01-07 18:50:53 UTC
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Jess
2008-08-31 10:24:02 UTC
No this is someone playing a scam on you to get youaccount! report it to msn ! msn official email is something like messenger@server.com

but this is not real!!!!
2008-08-31 13:02:34 UTC
hi ...just looking for same unswear ..it looks some F. wenkers sending howks ...

I ve got same mail as yours just now ..

I didnt Re on this mail ..

however ..if you have time let me know what have you find out ..


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